New Paper on "Women’s safety and security in public transport in Mekelle, Tigray"

Highlights

• Women encounter gender-based violence and harassment when they are using public transport.
• Women’s safety and security is often compromised due mainly to cultural norms and values that reflect in their daily trips.
• Despite the modest progress on legal protection, harassment against women and girls is still widespread.
• Incidents of harassments are rarely reported because of repressive cultural norms; and weak legal and regulatory frameworks.
• Harassments in the urban public transport sector can be deterred through ethical training and awareness creation and strict rule enforcement mechanisms.

Link to publisher's page: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213624X2200205X?dgcid=author