Gender-based spatial segregation: ladies' compartments in the Mumbai local trains.

The local trains of Mumbai are one of the most crowded means of public transport, but often preferred by many women due to the provision of exclusive ladies' compartments reserved for women. While these compartments provide women a space safe from sexual assault, conflicts due to class and religious...

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Published in:	Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 133 - 154
Main Author:	Arundhathi
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb2024
Subjects:	Public transit Class differences Social conflict Religious differences Binary gender system
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost