The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), in partnership with international organisations, is embarking on a new campaign to raise awareness on gender equality when using public transportation, with a focus on women’s safety.
According to The Sun, the agency will release a new video called “Public Transport Is Not Gender Neutral: Bring the Light!” made in collaboration with the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and the World Bank. The campaign will be launched globally in conjunction with International Women’s Day, which falls on March 8.
“SPAD is pleased to collaborate with this two great organisations to spread awareness on gender neutrality among commuters,” said SPAD chief executive officer Mohd Azharuddin Mat Sah. “Malaysia is very concerned about inclusiveness, and I’m glad we are taking this approach in spreading awareness on having a safe environment on public transportation.”
The campaign was announced during an event at the ninth World Urban Forum (WUF9), currently being held in Kuala Lumpur with the theme “Cities 2030, Cities for All: Implementing the New Urban Agenda.” The biennale, a non-legislative technical forum convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) since 2020, explores the most pressing issues faced by cities around the world.
More than 80% of women experience sexual harassment on public transportation according to a report by UITP, with 90% of cases going unreported; the study also found that most women felt safer on the street compared to public transportation. The global campaign urges the public to spread awareness on social media using the hashtag #PT4ME (Public Transport for Me).
Kudos to SPAD!
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This is stupid. What has gender neutrality and inclusion have got to do with women being harassed? Those two terms are the rainbow brigades favorite trojan horse to push their sick agenda to Malaysia.
Do proper enforcement to eliminate harassment and not joining hands with the rainbow brigade promoting sick agendas.
Because equality is about women’s issues only. To hell with men (sarcasm).
I’m with you on this one. We’re not going to have 31 genders and a something similar as Canada’s bill C16 over here.
This all boils down to respect for women. Malaysia is like Middle East, got very little respect for women.
I hope we Malaysians learn to respect women and stop harassment in trains.
U talking about Japan?
Meanwhile more men than women are victims of violent crimes (muggings, aggravated assault, armed robbery, occupational accidents and deaths, commit more suicide and raped (when rape in prisons are included). But women get all the attention, because equality…
All these campaigns ,awareness is never brought to the attention of would be perpetrators …. hence it fails!
In some country, they made this sickness into a multibillion industry…
Suggest SPAD put more awareness video on all public transport screen,
eg ,
1) Manners while using public transport. (Eg, commuter should wait beside door and et those align from mrt to come out 1st instead standing in the middle of the gate.)
2)Thief prevention
3)Suspicious bag on train (to prevent bomb)
4)Safety while waiting for train, especially on mrt and lrt to make user aware to stand behind safety line
5) remind on priority seat.
Etc.
Hope more such awareness and reminder video will put on those screen for good.
Government propaganda on screen is useless.
There r these videos on proper ethics during riding of the LRTs & MRT. Only that u think its propaganda, deswai u din notice the infomessage videos. Please watch it despite ur bias.