Importance of gender-perspective evaluation to ensure safety standards

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) emphasises the importance of gender-perspective evaluations to ensure that safety standards, emergency procedures, and transportation policy designs truly protect all public transport users from accident risks. “The importance of gender-perspective evaluations to ensure that safety standards, emergency procedures, and transportation policy designs truly protect all users from accident risks and, specifically, women and vulnerable groups, as well as from gender-based violence in public spaces,” said Komnas Perempuan member Yuni Asrianti in Jakarta on Wednesday (29/4). She made this statement in response to the collision between the KA Argo Bromo Anggrek and KRL Commuter Line trains at Bekasi Timur Station in West Java on Monday (27/4) evening. According to her, PT KAI has not paid sufficient attention to improving railway infrastructure to ensure user safety. “Railway infrastructure and crossing technology remain limited, including manual systems at many points, indicating long-standing delays that suggest serious negligence in providing adequate, equal, and inclusive safety infrastructure for all citizens, including working women who rely on public transport for their daily mobility,” said Yuni Asrianti. Komnas Perempuan expresses deep condolences over the tragedy that claimed the lives of those 15 women. “We express our deepest condolences over the train accident tragedy involving the long-distance Argo Bromo Anggrek train and the Cikarang-line KRL Commuter Line at Bekasi Timur Station. Our thoughts and solidarity are with the victims, their families, and all affected parties,” she said.