In one British campaign, women were encouraged to report anything that made them feel uncomfortable to a 24/7 hotline. In the first year, it led to a 36% increase in reporting and a 40% increase in criminal charges related to harassment on public transport
No listening to music so you can hear someone coming. No dozing off. Find a seat at the end of the carriage so your back is against the wall and no one can attack you from behind.
"Being a woman is one thing but it is even worse when you are wearing a particular garment or you are a different colour.”survey“Almost four fifths of female students surveyed and an equivalent proportion of LGBTI+ students, said that they had been the victims of unwanted sexual gestures, comments, advances, exposed genitals, groping, or being followed on public transport over the previous three years,” the report says.
“The Department of Transport is working on strategies to improve the reporting of offences and to boost the safety of women on public transport,” a spokesman said. Women were encouraged to report anything that made them feel uncomfortable – including leering, groping and unwanted comments – to a hotline that could be called or texted 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
One of the researchers in the study, Rewa Marathe, said what stood out to her about the British campaign was the emphasis it placed on encouraging women to report what could be seen as "minor" incidents. Metro Trains trialled an app late last year that allowed women to report harassment but it was shelved with a view that anything that was introduced should be rolled out across the entire public transport network.“What we see from cities internationally is that public transport has an enormous role to play in making sure women can report these incidents and they are taken seriously and treated sensitively.
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