photo above- from a regular bus- image of women's reservation seat
photo below from
Bangalore's 'women only' buses. Painted pink.
The women Soumya C. Shekhar of Blank Noise and I spoke with, saw this as an immediate relief, as something convenient.
How do you experience public environments that are exclusively male or female?
Perhaps bloggers and Blank Noise blog visitors from Bombay/ Mumbai who take the 'ladies compartment' in the train will have anecdotes to add!
check this out:
Also see - Pukar's Gender and Space project
http://www.pukar.org.in/genderandspace/index.html
http://www.pukar.org.in/genderandspace/index.html
bbc- women's only hotel.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/04/2009_18_thu.shtml
Iran
women's only park:
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2342417,00.html
Egypt
Women only taxi:
http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/women-only-taxis-set-for-bumpy-ride-in-egypt-1.568204
Egypt
Women only taxi:
http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/women-only-taxis-set-for-bumpy-ride-in-egypt-1.568204