Mindset change is imperative for making journey in the buses more woman-friendly, a study report of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) revealed yesterday.

Women will be empowered if they can move freely without obstacle. They cannot do so due to lack of security, revealed the study tiled 'Gender analysis for improving mobility in Dhaka city' at the BIDS auditorium in the city.

The study suggested for a strong transport commission like Anti-Corruption Commission to revamp transport sector and musclemen need to be weeded out of transport sector so that women can enter.

Around 15 percent of the 1100 respondents in the survey identified cultural constraint as the main reason of mobility difference between men and women.

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