Uncovering gender-based violence and harassment in public transport: Lessons for spatial and transport justice

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dc.article.number103766
dc.catalogadoryvc
dc.contributor.authorTiznado Aitken, Ignacio Andrés
dc.contributor.authorGuerrero Barbosa, Thomas Edison
dc.contributor.authorSagaris, Lake
dc.contributor.otherCEDEUS (Chile)
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-26T16:43:44Z
dc.date.available2024-09-26T16:43:44Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractWhen suitably organized, public transport plays an important role in social inclusion and equity by providing crucial access to social, political, and economic opportunities. Notwithstanding, a growing body of evidence points to gender-based harassment and violence associated with public transport journeys as significant barriers to women's travel. This raises important issues regarding spatial and transport justice. Using a survey in Santiago, Chile, this study explores gender-based violence and harassment experienced while accessing, egressing, and using public transport. We use zero-inflated and logistic regression models to explore individual, behavioral and spatial factors associated with gender violence, particularly sexual harassment, defined as unwanted touching, filming or photography, stalking or masturbation, and rape. We examine these factors differentiating by trip segment (access to and egress from the system versus in-vehicle experience) and public transport mode (bus and Metro). Our results show that 17.5% experienced four or more harassment situations. Public masturbation or rape primarily occurred on the journey to and from public transport (8.6%) and on board a bus (7.4%). Our models indicate a spatial component of harassment which intersects with behavioral and individual factors as trip frequency, trip purpose, gender, age, and income, reducing public transit's ability to serve women, particularly those in low-income living in more peripheral areas. This article contributes to knowledge regarding how these factors interact in a major city in the Global South, which has been under-explored to date. Our findings join other studies challenging theories of spatial and transport justice, which to date pay little attention to violence in general and gender-based violence in particular. We make suggestions for reinforcing theory in order to develop stronger solutions to ensure transport systems improve equity rather than locking in current discrimination and exclusions.
dc.description.funderFIA Foundation
dc.description.funderCAF
dc.description.funderPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
dc.description.funderCentre for Sustainable Urban Development
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-09-26
dc.format.extent13 páginas
dc.fuente.origenSCOPUS
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103766
dc.identifier.issn0966-6923
dc.identifier.scopusidSCOPUS:85183433823
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/87985
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001149924400001
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería;Guerrero Barbosa Thomas Edison; S/I; 1031465
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Ingeniería;Tiznado Aitken Ignacio Andres; 0000-0002-7385-2357; 193961
dc.information.autorucInstituto para el Desarrollo Sustentable;Sagaris, Lake; 0000-0002-9162-5190; 160605
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido parcial
dc.publisherElsevier Ltd
dc.revistaJournal of Transport Geography
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectChile
dc.subjectGender based violence
dc.subjectMobility
dc.subjectSexual harassment
dc.subjectSpatial justice
dc.subjectTransport justice
dc.subject.ddc620
dc.subject.deweyIngenieríaes_ES
dc.subject.ods05 Gender equality
dc.subject.odspa05 Igualdad de género
dc.titleUncovering gender-based violence and harassment in public transport: Lessons for spatial and transport justice
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen114
sipa.codpersvinculados1031465
sipa.codpersvinculados193961
sipa.codpersvinculados160605
sipa.trazabilidadSCOPUS;2024-02-04
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