In urban areas, forty-one per cent of adolescent girls felt unsafe in local markets, while nearly half feared using public transport. Only a third of urban women ‘dared’ to venture out to local markets alone. Most families and men felt young women could be kept safe by simply abdicating their right to enjoy public space. The study observed, ‘As many as half of the young men and parents of adolescent girls surveyed felt that the best way for girls to be safe was that they avoid certain public spaces altogether, or that they should simply avoid going out after dark.’
