Study: 35 percent of women have experienced sexual harassment in public transport

More than one in three women and ten percent of men have experienced sexual harassment while traveling via public transport, according to a newly released government study conducted by the agency Focus. Meanwhile, around a quarter of surveyed travellers said they bore witness to annoying behaviour.

Examples of harassment provided by respondents ranged from demanding sex or a date, to touching, kissing, shouting, staring and blocking one’s movement.

The results of the study were presented by the government’s director of the Gender Equality Department Office, Radan Šafařík, on Wednesday. He said that measures are being prepared to improve security with the help of EU subsidies and Norwegian funds.