Abstract

PEREYRA, Leda Paula; GUTIERREZ, Andrea  and  MITSUKO-NEROME, Mariela. Insecurity in Public Transport in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires. Experiences and Perceptions of Women and Men. Territ. [online]. 2018, n.39, pp.71-95. ISSN 0123-8418.  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/territorios/a.6310.

This paper seeks to present and to make visible a form of citizen insecurity that has not been deeply analyzed: That which occurs in public transport. Although this kind of violence is a spatial and socioeconomic constraint that limits access to goods, services, activities and opportunities offered by cities to both women and men, it has among women different effects, considering their perceptions and experiences as two dimensions of insecurity. This article explores insecurity as a problem in public transport based on differences between insecurity perception and effective victimization of users (women and men) in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA), and then focusing on women's mobility strategies. The evidence is part of the "Ella se mueve segura" strategy, conducted in three Latin-American cities simultaneously: Buenos Aires, Quito and Santiago de Chile. The objective is to show insecurity on public transport as a gender restriction and as a form of violence that especially affects women (sexual harassment), contributing to the denaturalization of daily behaviors that sustain inequalities in urban space and transportation, and therefore, in rights in the city.

Keywords : Daily mobility; insecurity; public transport; gender; strategies.

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