Sexual Violence on the Move: An Assessment of Youth’s Victimization in Public Transportation

Ceccato, Vânia; Näsman, Per; Langefors, Linda

doi:10.1080/08974454.2020.1733732

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“…Sexual harassment is prevalent too – albeit underreported (Ding et al 2020 ). Women are more concerned with security and sexual harassment and consequently tend to avoid taking buses alone after dark (Ceccato et al 2021 ; Chowdhury and van Wee; 2020 ; Currie et al 2013 ; Loukaitou-Sideris et al 2020 ; Simons et al 2014 ) or quit using public transport altogether (Quinones 2020 ).…”

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Why are Hanoi students giving up on bus ridership?

Nguyen

Pojani

2022

Transportation

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University students are regarded as a readily available market segment for public transport. In Hanoi, as elsewhere, they constitute a large portion of bus passengers. However, one portion has been quitting buses, and the reasons were so far unknown. Nor was it clear whether they planned on retuning. Through a survey of more than 800 students in seven higher education institutions, this study aimed to find the answers to these questions. The study revealed that bus ridership was determined by socio-demographic variables (year of studies, household income, employment status, motorcycle ownership), environmental variables (home-university distance), and psychological variables (convenience, bus staff behaviour, risk of sexual harassment, reliability and health, image and status). A negative disruptor such as the fear of Covid-19 infection had little effect on the decision to continue riding buses. Meanwhile, the prospect of riding ‘clean and green’ electric buses, which were introduced in a pilot program, was a positive disruptor that may lead a portion of students to return to public transport.

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Why are Hanoi students giving up on bus ridership?

Nguyen

Pojani

2022

Transportation

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“…The keywords "women/woman" signal a growing literature on sexual transit crime, a safety problem that is largely underreported (e.g. Ding et al 2020;Solymosi and Newton 2018;Newton et al 2020;Priya Uteng et al 2019;Chowdhury and van Wee 2020;Jun et al 2020;Whitzman et al 2020;Dunckel-Graglia 2013Natarajan 2016;Moreira and Ceccato 2020). These keywords in the titles are also represented when the network visualization map is created for the selected English publications (N=188), centered on the words "crime" (Fig.…”

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“…Women feel less safe than men while transiting (e.g. : Cozens et al 2003b;; some researchers argue that women feel three times less safe than men (Wilow 2015) and express greater precautionary behavior than men (Ingalls et al 1994;Newton et al 2020;Ceccato and Nalla 2020). Women are far from being a uniform group of passengers.…”

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Crime and safety in transit environments: a systematic review of the English and the French literature, 1970–2020

2022

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This article reviews five decades of English and French literature on transit safety in several major databases, with the focus on Scopus and ScienceDirect. The review explores the nature and frequency of transit crime and passengers’ safety perceptions in transport nodes and along the trip using bibliometric analysis and a systematic review of the literature. The number of retrieved documents was 3137, and 245 were selected for in-depth analysis. Transit safety as a research area took off after the mid-1990s and peaked after the 2010s. The body of research is dominated by the English-language literature (mostly large cities), with a focus on the safety of rail-bound environments and examples of interventions to improve actual and perceived safety for public transportation (PT) users. Highlighting the importance of transit environments along the whole trip, the article also helps advocate for more inclusion of passengers’ safety needs and the involvement of multiple stakeholders in implementing PT policies.

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“…Although women of all ages can fall victim to sexual harassment in public transport, the risk is much higher for younger people such as university students (Ceccato et al, 2021;Gautam et al, 2019). University students represent a population group that is highly active and also due to their minimal income and lack of private car ownership, many are reliant on public transport as compared to other urban inhabitants (Ceccato et al, 2021). The prevalence of sexual harassment of female university students on public transport has been reported in several studies carried out in Asia (Gautam et al, 2019;Mishra & Lamichhane, 2018;Tripathi et al, 2017).…”

Section: Public Transport and Sexual Harassmentmentioning

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Sexual harassment in public transport among female university students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Mosha¹,

Mapunda

Mbotwa³

et al. 2022

Tanzania J Hlth Res

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Background: Globally, women and girls are subjected to various forms of sexual harassment while using public transport daily. Objective: To determine the prevalence of sexual harassment and identify different forms and associated risk factors among female university students who use public transport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Methods: A cross-sectional study design using a questionnaire was employed to collect data. Data were collected from female first-year undergraduate students, who use public transport and are aged 18 years and above studying at the University of Dar es Salaam and Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences. Results: The overall prevalence of sexual harassment on public transport was 88%. Study participants reported the highest levels of sexual harassment (91%). Verbal harassment was the most common form of sexual harassment (95%), and being called names such as baby, sweet, honey or love was reported by most students (78%). Factors associated with sexual harassment on public transport were: overcrowded vehicles (AOR=2.90, 95% CI: 0.09-4.50) and use of public transport as a form of transport (AOR=4.54, 95% CI: 0.40-8.90). Conclusion: The study findings highlight the need for the implementation of plausible interventions on the issue of sexual harassment through awareness campaigns and the implementation of modern surveillance and reporting systems in public spaces.

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Sexual Violence on the Move: An Assessment of Youth’s Victimization in Public Transportation

Cited by 14 publications

References 45 publications

Why are Hanoi students giving up on bus ridership?

Why are Hanoi students giving up on bus ridership?

Crime and safety in transit environments: a systematic review of the English and the French literature, 1970–2020

Sexual harassment in public transport among female university students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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