GENDER-BASED SEGREGATION POLICY AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT INTERVENTIONS IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT: A STUDY ON TRANSJAKARTA USING PUBLIC PERCEPTION APPROACH
As the backbone of the metropolitan citizen’s mobility activities, public transport should have been a safe space from sexual harassment. Various efforts have been taken by the government and service providers such as gender-based area segregation in the form of “Women-Only Passenger Cars”. Ye...
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| Format: | Final Project |
| Language: | Indonesia |
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| Online Access: | https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/80671 |
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| Institution: | Institut Teknologi Bandung |
| Language: | Indonesia |
| Summary: | As the backbone of the metropolitan citizen’s mobility activities, public transport
should have been a safe space from sexual harassment. Various efforts have been
taken by the government and service providers such as gender-based area
segregation in the form of “Women-Only Passenger Cars”. Yet, sexual harassment
still haunts public transportation users to this second, indicating that the current
initiative has not been fully effective. With the evolving understanding of gender
and the various acts of sexual harassment, an examination of the implementation
of “Women-Only Passenger Cars” policy to reduce sexual harassment incidents in
public transportation becomes crucial. Using Transjakarta as a case study, this
research aims to explore public perceptions of “Women-Only Passenger Cars” as
an attempt to conquer sexual harassment in public transportation. The study uses
Q-Metodhology and social media content analysis to capture and interpret the
diverse perceptions of the citizens regarding the issue. The analyses results is
arrange into a problem tree to provide a more structure view of the issue, and then
aligned into an objective tree as a vision to address the identified problem branches.
Furthermore, the research findings are validated through interviews with experts in
the field of sexual harassment and public transportation. The results of this study
shows the imperfect implementation of “Women-Only Passenger Cars” is caused
by three factors: ambiguity in defining sexual harassment behaviors, institutional
failure to enhance collective awareness of sexual harassment, and the limited scope
of “Women-Only Passenger Cars” in protecting its riders. In the final part of the
research, strategic steps are outlined to improve the “Women-Only Passenger Cars”
policy as an initiative to prevail over sexual harassment in public transportation. |
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