Ikrame LAADSSI, Université Gustave Eiffel , France
In North Africa 40 and 60% of women said they had already been victims of sexual harassment in the street (mainly having received comments of a sexual nature, having been stalked or followed, or fixed for a long time) (Ceccato and Nalla 2020).
Assault and harassment are favored by transit environments, that is to say, train and bus stations, urban bus stations and their surroundings, and in general all areas of load change where users get off.
According to Ceccato, sexual violence in transit environments is emerging as a research question, from a multidisciplinary perspective, based on its growing recognition as an urban and political issue. Globally, more than half of girls and women regularly need to change their mobility behavior and avoid using public transport to reduce their risk of bullying.
In Morocco, after a series of news items, the assault of a young Moroccan woman in a bus on Friday August 18, 2017 and its dissemination through social networks led to a vast movement of social protest, Moroccan women are claiming their rights to use the public transport space in better safety conditions.
On February 26, 2020, the city of Rabat and UN Women are opening SAFE CITY, the 5th Global Forum for Safe Cities and Public Spaces. Rabat presents itself as a leader in the construction of women's safety in public spaces. The actors agree on the urgent need to better understand the expectations of women in terms of safety in Moroccan metropolitan transport in order to act.
All this shows how the problem of safety and the feeling of insecurity of women in public transport is being built and put on the agenda. The authorities are looking for an exemplary posture, but they are struggling to identify the mechanisms that produce this feeling of insecurity and the solutions to be provided on the ground.
Mots clés : Safe city and transport|women and urban mobility|feeling of insecurity|places of public transport|situational and environmental risk prevention
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