Indonesia Introduces Women-Only Railway Carriages
- 14 years ago
On Thursday, Indonesian women started using female-only railway carriages in Jakarta, part of a scheme to protect women from harassment on packed commuter trains.
[Suprapto, Railway Official]: (gender unknown, Bahasa Indonesia)
"The women-only carriages aim to make women feel comfortable."
Women can now enjoy the option of boarding female-only carriages at the front and rear of trains.
One female commuter headed for Bogor City was pleased with the new carriages.
[Dennisa, Commuter]: (female, Bahasa Indonesia)
"I feel respected. As you may be aware, sexual harassment took place on packed trains."
State-owned railway company PT Kai currently provides 20 of these female carriages and plans to add more in the next three months.
The trains manufactured in Japan are the only fast public transport service between the four city suburbs connecting Jakarta, and women make up almost half of the 500,000 commuters a day.
First introduced in Japan in the year 2000, other countries such as India, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brazil also operate women-only carriages.
[Suprapto, Railway Official]: (gender unknown, Bahasa Indonesia)
"The women-only carriages aim to make women feel comfortable."
Women can now enjoy the option of boarding female-only carriages at the front and rear of trains.
One female commuter headed for Bogor City was pleased with the new carriages.
[Dennisa, Commuter]: (female, Bahasa Indonesia)
"I feel respected. As you may be aware, sexual harassment took place on packed trains."
State-owned railway company PT Kai currently provides 20 of these female carriages and plans to add more in the next three months.
The trains manufactured in Japan are the only fast public transport service between the four city suburbs connecting Jakarta, and women make up almost half of the 500,000 commuters a day.
First introduced in Japan in the year 2000, other countries such as India, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brazil also operate women-only carriages.