6.2.1. Context

6.2.2. Accessibility

Connectivity to the public transport system: Lack of safety and security in public transport affects women‘s human rights and their ability to participate equally in the city. From the survey, it was observed that women are more dependent on the public transport system than men. Only 17.3% of men used the public transport system to commute to consumption spaces, while double of that, 35.3%, women relied on public transport. It also affects the time of usage of consumption spaces (mostly by women) because 64.37% of women align their time of return to the public transport timings. It should be noted that 48.39% of these women shop alone.

Out of the 79.3% of women who admitted to avoiding certain consumption spaces because of their gender, 42.03% chose unavailability of reliable transport options as one of the reasons. A right to everyday life which is built up from ordinary practices and experiences of life seem to be harder for women to achieve than men.

Figure 11. Mode of transportation - Men (Source: Author) Figure 12. Mode of transportation -Women (Source: Author)

6.2.3. Social influence

Out of the 86 women surveyed across classes, occupations and places of residences, 79.3% of women reported to avoid certain parts of consumption spaces because of their gender. 15.94% of them chose social constraints as the reason for the same.

Women avoided crowded (35.63%), isolated (57.47%), unhygienic (48.28%) spaces more than men. When 35.63% women and 20.75% men avoided crowded

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