68% have experienced violence while taking public transport: Report
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Siddhi Jain ( IANS)
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Tue, Mar 9 2021 11:27 IST
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68% have experienced violence while taking public transport: Report. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, March 9 : If you saw an act of violence being committed against a woman in a public space, would you step up and intervene? As per data from a recent report by Breakthrough India, 55.3 per cent have observed the discomfort of the woman/girl facing violence, and almost as many have intervened in an incident of violence against women in a public space.
"What I understand by bystander action is, you see something happening to someone and you're not comfortable with it, it might be overt or not, but at that point of time, speak out or try to come between the perpetrator and victim through some strategic move. Ally with the person going through the suffering," Sohini Bhattacharya, President and CEO, Breakthrough, explained to IANSlife. A swift and effective action by an onlooker can, then, prevent acts of violence, and possibly injury and even death.