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The results are alarming: 85% of women who use public transport in Santiago claim to have been victims of an act of intimidation of their physical integrity. In singles? There are 8 out of 10 women who take the subway or the microphone. With these figures, the Chilean capital is located above Buenos Aires, with 27% of respondents; and around Quito, which only reached 11%.
That's not all, with 9 out of 10 women, public transportation is considered unsafe in Santiago, compared to what happens in Buenos Aires, where this figure drops to 7 out of 10. users or what happened in Quito, where the numbers are one in three.
The figures belong to a study conducted by the Development Bank for Latin America (CAF) but were presented this Thursday by the mayors of Recoleta, Daniel Jadue, Peñalolén, Carolina Leitao and La Pintana, Claudia Pizarro, along with the former Minister of Transport, Paola Tapia, and founder of "Mujeres en Movimiento".
Panic Button
About this study, attendees asked to include more safety measures for women, including a panic button for public transit that is already operating in Quito.
The detail of the operation was given by Daniela Chacón, councilor of Quito and former deputy mayor. The Ecuadorian authority has ensured that starting in 2017, a "technology system for, inside the bus, via an SMS messaging system, would establish that there was a case of harbadment and a panic button was generated: an alarm sounds in the bus, a situation of harbadment is identified. "
After, it is the police officers who take the case in hand and continue with the regular drivers that exist in Ecuador for cases of harbadment.
Details of the survey
The survey was conducted in three cities. In our capital, 404 men and 386 women were included at the exit of Metro stations and Transantiago stops in areas identified as having high, medium and low incomes; 465 men and 690 women in eight public transport exchange stations in Quito; and 379 men and 410 women in Buenos Aires.
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