Gendered nature of women's mobility: A gender perspective for analyzing women's issues in public transportation in Mexico City, Mexico

In the past few years society has been bombarded with news about women being violently attacked and harassed while using public transportation. While these attacks have created substantial debates on how to immediately address problems of violence, there is still very little explanation as to why they are occurring and if those solutions reach the heart of the problem. Previous research has tended to focus on men’s and women's differences in physical mobility, which tells us a great deal about gender inequality in terms of travel, but very little as to how violence reproduces this inequality. As an alternative perspective, this paper asks, “why does gender-based violence in public transportation occur and how does it demobilize women?” To explore these questions, this paper looks at the case of Mexico City, drawing data from public opinions, surveys, and police reports that can help explain the persistent nature of gender-based violence in public transportation.This paper finds that transportation is a highly gendered place that promotes men's mobility over women's. This paper concludes with a discussion on violence against women in public transit within the context of gender inequality and the use of women-only transportation as a solution.

• Record URL:
  http://wiit-paris2014.sciencesconf.org/conference/wiit-paris2014/pages/Proceedings_The_5th_International_Conference_on_WIiT_1.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Federation Internationale De L'Automobile (FIA)

  8 Place de la Concorde
  Paris,   France 

  Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)

  14-20 bd Newton, Cité Descartes, Champs su Marne
  77447 Marne la Vallée,   France  Cedex 2

  Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Transportation Statistics
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Graglia, Amy Dunckel
• Conference:
  • 5th International Conference on Women's Issues in Transportation
  • Location: Paris , France
  • Date: 2014-4-14 to 2014-4-16
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 393-402
• Monograph Title: Women's Issues in Transportation 5th International Conference. Proceedings: Bridging the Gap

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crimes aboard buses; Females; Gender; Mobility; Public transit
• Uncontrolled Terms: Gender inequality
• Geographic Terms: Mexico City (Mexico)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Security and Emergencies; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01553860
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 24 2015 9:07AM