Mexico City?s ****** against ***ual assault
 

MEXICO CITY: Women stood in line at a Mexico City subway entrance recently, but **t to buy tickets. They were receiving whistles from authorities in an effort to combat rampant ***ual harassment.

Some 15,000 plastic whistles were being handed
out this week by the city as part of its “Live Safe” campaign in a capital where many women complain about men pawing them in public, or worse.

The metro, with 5.5 million passengers packed tightly in trains, is ground zero for many of these cases, despite the existence of subway cars reserved for women only.

The whistles aim to “end silence about ***ual assaults through **ise. It’s an issue for everyone for women to live in peace in public transport," said Patricia Mercado, a top city government official.

Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera was mocked on social media when he an**unced his plan in May.

Critics said it left security in the hands of women, but Mancera defended his measure and said the criticism helped to put a spotlight on the problem of ***ual assaults.

Angelica Hernandez, a 30-year-old psychologist wearing a blue skirt and sweater, eagerly awaited in line to get one of the whistles at the crime-riddled Pantitlan metro station.

She recalled being in a packed metro car one day when she was touched on her “private parts."

“I would hope that the authorities would show up” when someone uses the whistle, Hernandez said, complaining that the “authorities
often don’t act” before she entered the crowded station.

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