Background

To fight sexual harassment in public transport.

Goal

• Define and measure sexual harassment and sexual violence in public spaces, in particular in public transport;
• Work closely with transport operators in order to adapt the alarm system together with the transport actors and communicate it to all actors in this field;
• Train professionals in the transport sector to deal with sexual harassment and sexual violence in public transport sector and to guide victims of such violence;
• Develop the organisation of the public transport system to better take into account women’s needs, e.g. stops on demand, longer hours of the public transport means, etc.;
• Reduce the exposure of both women and men to sexual commercials, e.g. in slogans, images, etc.;
• Improve the knowledge of public institutions so that they are better prepared to recognize and deal with acts of harassment;
• Initiate a national awareness-raising campaign that was made in cooperation with civil society;
• Integrate actions against sexual harassment in public policies for education to equality and sexuality;
• Ensure a proper application of the law;
• Ensure necessary human and financial resources to implement the national action plan.

Sources:

[1] Press release describing the initiative.
https://www.haut-conseil-egalite.gouv.fr/violences-de-genre/actualites/article/lancement-de-la-campagne