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Harassment on public transport negatively impacts women's health and welfare, with existing measures being largely ineffective, per systematic review

02.28.24 | PLOS

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Invasion of privacy or structural violence? Harassment against women in public transport environments: A systematic review
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.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0296830

Invasion of privacy or structural violence? Harassment against women in public transport environments: A systematic review

28-Feb-2024

The first author of the manuscript (Sergio A. Useche) is an editorial board member of the journal. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors declare they have no competing interests/disclosures regarding this manuscript.

Keywords

Harassment Public Health Social Sciences Violence

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0296830
Article Publication Date
2024-02-28
Article Title
Invasion of privacy or structural violence? Harassment against women in public transport environments: A systematic review
COI Statement
The first author of the manuscript (Sergio A. Useche) is an editorial board member of the journal. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors declare they have no competing interests/disclosures regarding this manuscript.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2024, February 28). Harassment on public transport negatively impacts women's health and welfare, with existing measures being largely ineffective, per systematic review. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1GREG9R8/harassment-on-public-transport-negatively-impacts-womens-health-and-welfare-with-existing-measures-being-largely-ineffective-per-systematic-review.html
MLA:
"Harassment on public transport negatively impacts women's health and welfare, with existing measures being largely ineffective, per systematic review." Brightsurf News, Feb. 28 2024, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1GREG9R8/harassment-on-public-transport-negatively-impacts-womens-health-and-welfare-with-existing-measures-being-largely-ineffective-per-systematic-review.html.