INTRAS (Research Institute on Traffic and Road Safety), University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
PLoS One. 2024 Feb 28;19(2):e0296830. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296830. eCollection 2024.
Despite being neglected for several decades, and in many countries, public transport environments have transformed into a reflection of social disparities and inequalities. Among these issues, harassment-a pervasive and worldwide gendered dynamic-has been demonstrated to negatively impact women's behavioral trends, daily opportunities, and health impacts, as well as safety and security outcomes.
This systematic review aimed to examine a set of studies analyzing harassment against women in public transport environments, with a focus on key issues such as its prevalence, impact on transport dynamics, preventive strategies, and policing avenues documented in the scientific literature.
A total of 575 indexed articles were filtered using the PRISMA methodology, resulting in a final selection of 28 original articles directly addressing the issue up to December 2023. Search strategies were developed and implemented across WOS, Scopus, NCBI, Google Scholar, and APA databases.
Besides high frequency, widespread underreporting, and adverse effects on women's safety, this review has identified correlations between harassment and travel behavioral adaptations. Furthermore, it reveals a noticeable disparity between the existing measures and those perceived as more effective by potential victims. These findings underscore the pressing need to listen to and promote the inclusion of women in decision-making regarding transport affairs.
The findings of this systematic review suggest that, despite a slightly limited body of research, the impact of transport harassment on women's health and welfare is consistently supported in the literature. In addition to being largely explained by existing inequalities rooted in social determinants, transit harassment further exacerbates gender gaps, gaining prospective importance for transport settings.
尽管公共交通环境在几十年间被忽视，但在许多国家，它已经成为社会差距和不平等的反映。在这些问题中，骚扰——一种普遍存在且具有全球性的性别动态——已被证明对女性的行为趋势、日常机会和健康影响以及安全和保障结果产生负面影响。
本系统评价旨在研究一组分析公共交通环境中针对女性的骚扰问题的研究，重点关注骚扰的普遍性、对交通动态的影响、预防策略以及科学文献中记录的治安途径等关键问题。
采用 PRISMA 方法对 575 篇索引文章进行筛选，最终选择 28 篇直接针对该问题的原创文章，这些文章的发表时间截至 2023 年 12 月。搜索策略在 WOS、Scopus、NCBI、Google Scholar 和 APA 数据库中制定和实施。
除了高频率、广泛的低报率和对女性安全的不利影响外，本综述还发现了骚扰与出行行为适应之间的相关性。此外，还发现了现有措施与潜在受害者认为更有效的措施之间存在明显差距。这些发现强调了倾听和促进妇女参与交通事务决策的紧迫性。
本系统评价的结果表明，尽管研究文献略有有限，但交通骚扰对女性健康和福利的影响在文献中得到了一致支持。除了主要由社会决定因素中存在的不平等解释外，过境骚扰还进一步加剧了性别差距，对交通环境具有前瞻性的重要意义。
