image: According to the study conducted by the University of Valencia (Spain), the issue of harassment against women in public transport environments is not only serious but has also become 'normalized' in many societies. This, problematically, strengthens its silent tolerance and reduces gender equity and personal development opportunities.
Credit: Victoriano Izquierdo, Unsplash, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Harassment on public transport negatively impacts women's health and welfare, with existing measures being largely ineffective, per systematic review
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0296830
Article Title: Invasion of privacy or structural violence? Harassment against women in public transport environments: A systematic review
Author Countries: Spain
Funding: This study has been supported by the research grant ACIF/2020/035 from the "Generalitat Valenciana". The funding entity did not contribute to the study design or data collection, analysis, interpretation, or writing the manuscript. There was no additional external funding received for this study.
Journal
PLOS ONE
Article Title
Invasion of privacy or structural violence? Harassment against women in public transport environments: A systematic review
Article Publication Date
28-Feb-2024
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