Indonesia train crash: Minister apologises after suggestion to move women-only rail carriages sparks backlash
Indonesia’s Minister for Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Arifah Choiri Fauzi had suggested placing women-only carriages in the middle of trains, “so men would be at the ends”, following the fatal train crash that killed 16 women near Jakarta.
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