Women's Empowerment Through Access to Safe Transport: The Impact of Sexual and Nonsexual Victimization on Female Commuters in Bangladesh and Cambodia

Julie King; Mark King; Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios; Hanna Watling; Julie-Anne Carroll; Melissa Bull; Deanna Grant-Smith; Mujibul Anam; Sakony Pen; Danielle Davidson

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Women's Empowerment Through Access to Safe Transport: The Impact of Sexual and Nonsexual Victimization on Female Commuters in Bangladesh and Cambodia

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Women's Empowerment Through Access to Safe Transport: The Impact of Sexual and Nonsexual Victimization on Female Commuters in Bangladesh and Cambodia

Julie King, Mark King, Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios, Hanna Watling, Julie-Anne Carroll, Melissa Bull, Deanna Grant-Smith, Mujibul Anam, Sakony Pen and Danielle Davidson

Violence Against Women, Vol.31(1), pp.308-327

2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012231214770

PMID: 38124310

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Abstract

gender equality

public transport

victimization

educational attainment

work

An examination of women's experience on public transport in Bangladesh and Cambodia found that victimization does reduce perceived safety or transport use. In a cultural context where women are socialized to fear and avoid public spaces, experiencing victimization may confirm rather than change previous beliefs. Moreover, it is possible that the participants' use of public transport was driven by necessity rather than choice and that they were unable to change travel patterns in response to victimization. These findings underscore the importance of targeting public violence toward women and the broader societal norms that limit their participation in public life.

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Title: Women's Empowerment Through Access to Safe Transport: The Impact of Sexual and Nonsexual Victimization on Female Commuters in Bangladesh and Cambodia
Authors: Julie King (Corresponding Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Mark King - Queensland University of Technology
Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios - Queensland University of Technology
Hanna Watling - Queensland University of Technology
Julie-Anne Carroll - Queensland University of Technology
Melissa Bull - Queensland University of Technology
Deanna Grant-Smith - Queensland University of Technology
Mujibul Anam - Jahangirnagar University
Sakony Pen - Queensland University of Technology
Danielle Davidson - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Violence Against Women, Vol.31(1), pp.308-327
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
Date published: 2025
DOI: 10.1177/10778012231214770
ISSN: 1552-8448; 1077-8012
PMID: 38124310
Copyright note: © The Author(s) 2023. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
Organisation Unit: School of Business and Creative Industries; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 991016188602621
Output Type: Journal article

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