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

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

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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.

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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.


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