Labour leadership frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn has said he would consider introducing women-only carriages on public transport to help reduce harassment. Besides he suggested a 24-hour hotline for women to report harassment, tougher rules for licence holders on reporting assaults on their premises and cabinet members for women’s safety on local councils, as well as raising the possibility of women-only carriages.

Eventhough the proposal of women-only carriages might be interesting, we can ask if this solution is more about avoiding the real problem then solving it. In this sense solving the problem of gender violence implies long term policies on gender rights and gender equality and the evolution of gender perception among the society.