Suitable Transportation for Reaching the Ultimate Destination

In today s world, if one wants to keep pace with the changing world s/he should always keep moving; both literary and metaphorically. In cities, public transportation system helps people to be on move. Just because of the socially ascribed burdens on them and existing patriarchal social setting women to some extent face some gender specific problem while using the public transportation system for meeting their daily needs. This study focuses to locate the day by day experience of young women living in Dhaka city regarding public transportation system and analyze the impact of such experiences over their future life. Through a cluster of formal and informal discussions along with in depth interviews with some young women who travel regularly through public transport system, it has been tried to comprehend the exiting situations through their experiences and perceptions about public transportation system and women s empowerment. The most prominent outcome that struck the throughout the analysis was the consent of almost all respondents about increased gender awareness among people, along with other outcomes like the permanent provisions of reserved seats and women only vehicles.

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Laila Nur Shemonto, an independent researcher, is a post-graduate student currently studying at the Department of Women and Gender Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.