Transport for London’s (TfL) new campaign posters form part of a joined-up national approach to address sexual harassment, featuring a consistent message across TfL's network and the national rail network. The campaign includes magazine and newspaper advertising, editorial partnerships and other communications. The materials, which appear on buses and trains and at stops and stations, will help educate passengers about how to report incidents, encouraging them to do so wherever possible. The following behaviours are highlighted by the UK campaign as common examples of sexual harassment, which are not tolerated on public transport: Cat Calling (Making unsolicited remarks of a sexual nature about someone), Exposing (Revealing intimate body parts), Cyber-flashing (Sending or showing sexual content without consent), Pressing (Rubbing against someone on purpose), Touching (Touching someone inappropriately), Staring (Intrusive staring of a sexual nature) and Upskirting (Taking photos under someone's clothing).
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General Overview
Type of stakeholder
EICS Framework
Region of Reference
- Africa
- Asia
- Australia
- Europe
- North-America
- South-America
- World
Description
The printed media campaigns aim to raise awareness about sexual harassment and abuse in public spaces and on public transport through visual posters, pictures, and slogans. This intervention also pertains to the display of a passenger charter in each vehicle with details of what is acceptable behaviour for drivers, crew, and passengers and what people can do about incidents they wish to report.
‘Você Não Está Sozinho’ – ‘you’re not alone’ is an example of a campaign against sexual abuse in Sao Paulo through official profiles on social media, advertisements on the internal monitors of the trains, and posters in the public transport. The company the Metropolitan of Sao Paulo works continuously with citizenship campaigns and alert users to conduct that could endanger the safety of all.
Facts/Illustrations/Case studies
Types of Impact
Area Impacted
- To/from the stop/station/rank✕
- Waiting for train/bus/paratransit✓
- In the vehicle✓
- At interchanges✓
Time of Day of Impact
- Day-time travel✓
- Night-time travel✓
- Peak-time travel✓
- Off peak-time travel✓
Mode Impacted
- Bus✓
- Train✓
- Rideshare✓
- 4 wheelers informal✓
- 3 wheelers informal✓
- 2 wheelers informal✓
- Cycling✓
- Walking✓
Demographic impacted
- Girls✓
- Boys✓
- Adult Women✓
- Men✓
- Elderly Women✓
- LGBTQI+✓
Resources
SWOT Analysis
Low costs
A simple and effective way to raise awareness
Women felt they were misrepresented in the campaign
The campaign can be run multiple times
Increased number of reported harassment cases could result from raised awareness
If not located in prominent locations, messages can be missed
Language barriers could limit the impact
Effectiveness
A case study example shows that high levels of offences still remained, despite the campaign, hence the effectiveness seems limited 1. Printed media campaigns are seldom reported on in isolation from other forms of campaigns and so there is not enough literature to establish a high level of confidence in this data.
- Perception by (female) passengers
- Perception by governing bodies
- Level of confidence in these ratings
Implementation
Implementation timeframe
- 0-1 year✓
- 1-3 years✓
- >3 years✕
Timeframe to realise benefits
- 0-1 year✕
- 1-3 years✓
- >3 years✓
Scale of Implementation
This intervention can be implemented at all types of areas.
Suburb
Ease of Implementation
This intervention can be implemented easily and quickly.
List of References
Asia
South America
3. https://issuu.com/mari_ozaki/docs/2017_04_ozakimariananaomi
4. SP TRANS 2021. “A campanha “Ponto final ao abu- so sexual nos ônibus de São Paulo” circu- la também no Jornal do Ônibus . A tercei- ra edição especial do Jornal do Ônibus, orienta as vítimas dessa situação, que comuniquem de imediato o(a) motorista ou cobrador(a) .” https://t .co/gFEg8iekxD https://t .co/jtFcmmnn9n