Title: Problems faced by women while travelling.
Author: Shifa Ansari, Bhavika Marupuri, Sonali Maurya.
Objective: To understand the experience of the females while traveling by train .
Introduction: India is not known as the safest place or a favorable destination for girls travelling solo thanks to innumerable crimes that are committed with women & girls all across the nation.
Even though in India we have many breathtaking destinations, it’s much more challenging for females and many are taking advantage of them. Females travelling alone are many times not welcomed, doubted and even slut shamed by the so called “society”. Things would have been a lot easier if female attendants were there more and working cameras were installed at more locations for every female accommodation along with clean toiletries.
Literature Review:
Violence against women is not a new phenomenon. Women have to bear the burns of domestic, public, physical as well as emotional and mental violence against them, which affects her status in the society at the larger extent. The statistics of increasing crimes against women is shocking, where women are subjected to violence attacks i.e. feticide, infanticide, medical neglect, child marriages, bride burning, sexual abuse of girl child, forced marriages, rapes, prostitution, sexual harassment at home as well as work places etc. In all the above cases women is considered as aggrieved person.
In the ancient Indian women held a high place of respect in the society as mentioned in Rigveda and other scriptures. Volumes can be written about the status of our women and their heroic deeds from the Vedic period to the modern times. But later on, because of social, political and economic changes, women lost their status and were relegated to the background. Many evil customs and traditions stepped in which enslaved the women and tied them to the boundaries of the house.
Reference: G.S. Venumadhava
Rahul Chawla
Data Collection
The following five questions were prepared on Likert scale, and responses were collected using google form.
1) I feel unsafe while travelling
2) I feel hesitant to ask for directions from male strangers
3) I find it uncomfortable when unknowingly get into general coach
4) I carry something for my safety while travelling
5) I get scared seeing drunkards lying near the platforms and outside the station
Data Analysis
The data so collected was then downloaded in excel. Mean, Standard Deviation, Standard Error, and Z were calculated.
Sr no. Questions Mean SD SE Z Result
1 I feel unsafe while travelling 2.44 1.23 0.17 15.20 H1
2 I feel hesitant to ask for directions from male strangers 2.63 1.22 0.17 15.01 H1
3 I find it
uncomfortable when unknowingly get into general coach 2.44 1.11 0.16 16.31 H1
4 I carry something for my safety while travelling 3.02 1.32 0.19 12.76 H1
5 I get scared seeing drunkards lying near the platforms and outside the station 2.14 1.48 0.21 12.14 H1
Conclusion
1) Women’s feel unsafe while travelling.
2) Women’s feel hesitant to ask directions from male strangers.
3) Women’s feel uncomfortable to get into general coach.
4) Women’s carry safety tools while travelling.
5) Women’s get scared seeing drunkards lying on platforms and outside station.