Women & Subway Safety

1. The Foundation Thomson Reuters probed women’s perceptions of safety in the world’s 15 largest capitals and in New York. Repondents were over 18 years of age and answered questions online. Besides asking respondents about feelings of insecurity, the survey also asked women in they believed someone would come to their aid, if attacked.

Results by city where women felt the least safe were 1.Bogata; 2. Mexico City; Lima; 4. Delhi; 5. Jakarta; 6. Buenos Aires; 7. Kuala Lumpur; 8. Bangkok; 9. Moscow; 10. Manila; 11. Paris; 12. Seoul; 13. London; 14. Beijing; 15. Tokyo; 16. New York.

On average 65% of the 6300 women surveyed believed no one would help them if they were attacked. in Seoul, 90% of respondents believed no one would help them. Paris was in third place at 85%. In London, the ‘no help’ reponse was 74%. via Madame LeFigaro (translate in Google)

Women-Only Trains & Buses

2. Just two months after Sao Paolo approved a bill enforcing women-only train carriages in the city’s subway system, England is also talking female-only train cars and buses. Sexual offences have risen 21 percent in a single year in Britain. via

In Sao Paolo, many women have protested the new ‘pink train’ arguing that women should be free to feel safe in public.

In 2011 the Israeli High Court of Justice ruled that gender segregation was unlawful and abolished the country’s “kosher” public buses, in which female passengers were required to sit at the back.

Women-only transportation cars exist in Japan, India, Egypt, Iran, Taiwan, Mexico, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and the UAE.

Banned in Belarus

3. In June 2014, the Belarusian Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare signed off ‘On the amendment of the list of physically-demanding jobs and jobs with harmful and/or unsafe working conditions, for which women may not be recruited.

Jobs banned for women include 252 occupations including train drivers, firefighters, blacksmiths, coach drivers on international routes, and drivers of large trucks. via

Amen, Sister

4. AOC has followed the debate over women bishops in the Church of England for years. Finally our prayers are heard, along with many more around the world. It took nearly 20 years, but on Wednesday, the Church of England appointed Rev. Libby Lane as the Bishop of Stockport.

Bishop Lane’s husband George is also a priest, serving as chaplain at Manchester airport.

Women were first ordained as priests in the Church of England in 1994. Today, there are about 1800 women serving as full-time priests. In the last decade the number of women priests as increased by 41 percent, while male clergy declined by 25 percent over the same period. via BBC