Post by account_disabled on Mar 7, 2024 4:30:29 GMT
Given the dozens of accusations of sexual harassment of which some Uber drivers were accused, the transportation platform has implemented measures to prevent this situation from spreading.
Last year, Uber pledged to report and classify sexual assaults. In a document written by experts from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center and the Urban Institute, 21 different categories of harassment are offered, from "staring or leering" to "penetration without consent."
This is a consequence of the Metoo movement that started a couple of years ago.
However, to echo and generate more actions, a Chile Mobile Number List tool was recently announced that will be active for now only in Brazil. With it, female drivers will have the option in the app to only accept orders requested by female passengers.
Trips requested by women: Uber
This is an initiative called "Elas na Direçao" (They at the wheel) which seeks to promote female participation in Brazil and increase the number of female drivers in the service offered by the company, which is currently only 6%.
According to the Brazilian Public Security Forum, in 2017, more than 60,000 women in Brazil were raped and another 4,539 died in homicides.
This platform was created in association with the Rede Mulher Empreendedora, a site supporting female entrepreneurship in Brazil. Uber's new tool seeks to reduce inequality between men and women in the market.
Women in Brazil represent 52.4% of the working-age population, however, only 45.6% are part of the country's employment level, while men represent 64.3%, according to data from the state Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
When doing an analysis of gender issues, it can be found that women have an impact on the success rate due to the time they have available to work and reconcile the roles of home and family, which continue to be their responsibility," said Ana Fontes, founder of “Rede Mulher Empreendedora”.
Uber, for its part, has said in a statement that the number of women seeking to generate income as drivers through the company's platform is much lower than that of men, and the reasons are diverse:
From the lack of knowledge about what is needed to register, to the lack of visibility about the potential profits and to the security challenges that our society imposes.
Claudia Woods, General Director of Uber in Brazil.
It is worth mentioning that the “Elhas na Direçao” project recently began its pilot test in Campinas, Curitiba and Fortaleza, three cities in Brazil located in three different regions of the country (center, south and northeast), with plans to expand to all of Brazil for the 2020.
Last year, Uber pledged to report and classify sexual assaults. In a document written by experts from the National Sexual Violence Resource Center and the Urban Institute, 21 different categories of harassment are offered, from "staring or leering" to "penetration without consent."
This is a consequence of the Metoo movement that started a couple of years ago.
However, to echo and generate more actions, a Chile Mobile Number List tool was recently announced that will be active for now only in Brazil. With it, female drivers will have the option in the app to only accept orders requested by female passengers.
Trips requested by women: Uber
This is an initiative called "Elas na Direçao" (They at the wheel) which seeks to promote female participation in Brazil and increase the number of female drivers in the service offered by the company, which is currently only 6%.
According to the Brazilian Public Security Forum, in 2017, more than 60,000 women in Brazil were raped and another 4,539 died in homicides.
This platform was created in association with the Rede Mulher Empreendedora, a site supporting female entrepreneurship in Brazil. Uber's new tool seeks to reduce inequality between men and women in the market.
Women in Brazil represent 52.4% of the working-age population, however, only 45.6% are part of the country's employment level, while men represent 64.3%, according to data from the state Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
When doing an analysis of gender issues, it can be found that women have an impact on the success rate due to the time they have available to work and reconcile the roles of home and family, which continue to be their responsibility," said Ana Fontes, founder of “Rede Mulher Empreendedora”.
Uber, for its part, has said in a statement that the number of women seeking to generate income as drivers through the company's platform is much lower than that of men, and the reasons are diverse:
From the lack of knowledge about what is needed to register, to the lack of visibility about the potential profits and to the security challenges that our society imposes.
Claudia Woods, General Director of Uber in Brazil.
It is worth mentioning that the “Elhas na Direçao” project recently began its pilot test in Campinas, Curitiba and Fortaleza, three cities in Brazil located in three different regions of the country (center, south and northeast), with plans to expand to all of Brazil for the 2020.
Who's going to start the shoutbox?