0:00:00 > 0:00:00British Isles. It is a brighter scene for the North. -- further
0:00:00 > 0:00:01north.
0:00:01 > 0:00:03Now on BBC News, the 100 Women Challenge
0:00:03 > 0:00:05is in London and Nairobi, investigating assaults on women
0:00:05 > 0:00:12using public transport.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15We are challenging themes of women in four locations around the world
0:00:15 > 0:00:22to tackle everyday from up like their lives. In the workplace... In
0:00:22 > 0:00:35education. And public transport.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37And on the sports field.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Using BBC outlets, the teams can appeal to help from around
0:00:42 > 0:00:44the world.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47They have just one week to find a modern solution to a
0:00:47 > 0:00:54long-standing issue.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Welcome to the BBC's 100 Women challenge
0:00:56 > 0:01:012017.
0:01:03 > 0:01:13Millions of women experience street harassment around the world.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19There is an ocean of viral videos from groping to wolf whistling,
0:01:19 > 0:01:26street harassment can be verbal or physical.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27Rush hour in this transport hub.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Around three and a half million commuters
0:01:31 > 0:01:32every day swarm in.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33Cramming into packed trains.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36A survey found 51% of women in London felt at risk of
0:01:36 > 0:01:38harassment on public transport.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40The global problem is so vast that it
0:01:40 > 0:01:41does seem insurmountable.
0:01:41 > 0:01:48But is it really unsolvable?
0:01:48 > 0:01:57I'm here in central London to host a hackathon.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00For girls like me, not quite clued up on their Urban Dictionary
0:02:00 > 0:02:03definition, it's where experts come together, form teams around a
0:02:03 > 0:02:07problem and collaboratively find unique solution.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Can bright minds actually sold harassment on public
0:02:09 > 0:02:10transport?
0:02:10 > 0:02:15We've gathered a team of experts from very different fields
0:02:15 > 0:02:16to find ground-breaking solutions, and tackle
0:02:16 > 0:02:18street harassment head on.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Today they will brainstorm with an audience from around
0:02:21 > 0:02:23the world, then they've got just one week to design,
0:02:23 > 0:02:24test and implement solutions.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28Let's meet the team.
0:02:30 > 0:02:35At the London Transport Museum, we've invited an
0:02:35 > 0:02:38audience to participate in this hackathon which will be broadcast
0:02:38 > 0:02:44live on BBC radio around the world.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47In the crowd, I meet our team of experts.
0:02:47 > 0:02:52Each bring a unique superpower to the table which, when
0:02:52 > 0:02:56combined, have the potential to make real, lasting change.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Ellie is an engineer.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01She lectures in urban innovation in policy, working and
0:03:01 > 0:03:05making spaces safer for women.
0:03:05 > 0:03:15Laura is the founder of advertising agency, Mr President.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21You are all so eager, I'm just going to go on for a
0:03:21 > 0:03:22bit longer.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Anne-Marie co-founded an organisation inspires the
0:03:24 > 0:03:26next generation of girls in science, technology, engineering and maths.
0:03:26 > 0:03:32From a wish to control.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Academic Liz co-chairs the End Violence
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Against Women coalition in the UK.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40And last but by no means least, Hannah, she's a retired London Tube
0:03:40 > 0:03:44driver and mouth a power lifter.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45She's competed in World's Strongest Woman.
0:03:46 > 0:03:55Don't mess with her.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Shortly after the hack begins, problems with current solutions are
0:04:10 > 0:04:11laid bare.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14I only this year was sexually assaulted on the tube.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16I was going up an escalator and a man
0:04:16 > 0:04:18followed me, repeatedly touching me even though it to move away.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20I ended up having to give the same statement
0:04:20 > 0:04:23three times which, having to repeat that three times to three different
0:04:23 > 0:04:24people, is pretty harrowing.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27I can't talk about the specific case and am
0:04:27 > 0:04:28you shouldn't have had that experience.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31The whole setup of this is that the police are set up to
0:04:31 > 0:04:34take reports, to support victims, support women of experiences through
0:04:34 > 0:04:36the criminal justice system if they choose to go that way.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Shortly after the hack begins, problems with current solutions are
0:04:39 > 0:04:40laid bare.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42I only this year was sexually assaulted on the tube.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44I was going up an escalator and a man
0:04:44 > 0:04:47followed me, repeatedly touching me even though it to move away.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49I ended up having to give the same statement
0:04:49 > 0:04:52three times which, having to repeat that three times to three different
0:04:52 > 0:04:54people, is pretty harrowing.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55As the discussion continued, one idea grew stronger.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Perhaps the solution doesn't resolve around the
0:04:57 > 0:04:59victims or offenders but is about fellow
0:04:59 > 0:05:00passengers intervening when
0:05:00 > 0:05:01they see harassment?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03We met on a west London bus when I was assaulted
0:05:04 > 0:05:05on a bus and someone stepped in.
0:05:05 > 0:05:14And I, yeah.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17No one interferes, people tend to think it's an issue on the side,
0:05:17 > 0:05:18let's let it slide.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20But wonder if you let it slide, it may not
0:05:20 > 0:05:23directly affect you, it might affect your mother or your sister.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25I'm afraid we'll have to leave it there
0:05:25 > 0:05:26because we have to end the programme.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29We could keep on talking forever but it's a great start to
0:05:29 > 0:05:30the week...
0:05:30 > 0:05:33With what felt like a bombardment of ideas, the team has
0:05:33 > 0:05:35their work cut out for them this week.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38As the sun sets over London, I can't help thinking about the
0:05:38 > 0:05:44mammoth task ahead.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46This is BBC Radio 4 and now it's time for
0:05:46 > 0:05:53Woman's Hour.
0:05:53 > 0:05:59Warly-morning commuters set off for the day ahead.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01This is the very week that the hashtag #MeToo went viral.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04It was a way for women to tag and share their
0:06:04 > 0:06:12experiences of harassment.
0:06:12 > 0:06:18This week, we are taking over the Machine Room in
0:06:18 > 0:06:28east London's Maker Mile, an area full of workshops and art studio.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Before yesterday I was like, it'll be fun.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Try some stuff up, whatever but actually, after
0:06:33 > 0:06:35yesterday, this is a moment that we can...
0:06:35 > 0:06:36We can make a difference.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39I know you want to get started, so walk this way.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42And right on time...
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Your bus.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49We have hired this bus for the week.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52The team can use it how they wish to exhibit and test
0:06:52 > 0:06:53potential solutions.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57This is your space to play with it.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Exactly.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02This is going to be right here for you.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03You can do what you like.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07Yeah, why not?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09It's going to be really interesting now we have the bus in
0:07:09 > 0:07:14real life here to take apart and put back together as we see fit.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15I was just feeling really overwhelmed,
0:07:15 > 0:07:20this is a big challenge.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21Now we have a big, massive toy.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24And I'm an engineer so a big machine to muck
0:07:24 > 0:07:32about with, it's very exciting.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35So I want to play with the buttons, all of course in the name
0:07:35 > 0:07:36of research.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38I'm excited to work with this group of women
0:07:38 > 0:07:40because I think there is an
0:07:40 > 0:07:41alchemy.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43We come from different industries, different ways of
0:07:43 > 0:07:44thinking.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47So I guess this morning will be, how are we going to stop
0:07:47 > 0:07:48harassment and at what point?
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Are we going to do something around that
0:07:50 > 0:07:54point of being harassed, are we going to look at how we change
0:07:54 > 0:07:55social norms before that happens?
0:07:55 > 0:07:59OK.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03Assault alarm, what does that do?
0:08:03 > 0:08:07If you're being assaulted, you push it.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Who does that send a message to?
0:08:09 > 0:08:15Everyone within earshot.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Is that on every bus?
0:08:16 > 0:08:22Pretty much.
0:08:22 > 0:08:23Ideas flowing, the team head inside to
0:08:23 > 0:08:27discuss the solutions they want to work on this week.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Building on yesterday's hack, a strong solution
0:08:28 > 0:08:30emerges.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31The concept resolve around the community of passengers
0:08:31 > 0:08:36travelling on buses and trains.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39How do we almost build some sort of social,
0:08:39 > 0:08:42immediate social structure so when you get on this bus you are
0:08:42 > 0:08:50immediately part of this team.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54And how do you nudge people to then take
0:08:54 > 0:08:56responsibility as part of that team?
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Because everyone is primed, not just victims being primed, then we are
0:08:59 > 0:09:02all doing this together, it's not just ask versus them it's all us
0:09:02 > 0:09:03together.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05We need people to stand up and say yes, it's awful.
0:09:05 > 0:09:06This happened to me.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07But I'm not alone.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09I will not be alone.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11The team will collaborate on the central concept
0:09:11 > 0:09:13of finding ways to change the community's behaviour so that they
0:09:13 > 0:09:14act together against harassment.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Laura is working on messaging and design.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Anne-Marie will work up a technological solution.
0:09:19 > 0:09:29For women to signal distress using a batch.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Professor Liz will work on how those passengers can then safely and
0:09:33 > 0:09:41effectively step in to deal with the harasser.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Train driver Hannah will focus on the inside of the bus.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46But Ellie the engineer leaves the discussion still unsure of her
0:09:46 > 0:09:47solution.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48Time is ticking...
0:09:48 > 0:09:50At the end of the week, we will reveal the
0:09:50 > 0:09:53team's solution on the bus to an audience in central London's busy
0:09:53 > 0:09:54Covent Garden.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56An audience will put it to the test.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Will the results of their hard work really start to
0:09:59 > 0:10:08solve harassment on a global scale?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33To achieve all they want to this week, they can't do it
0:10:33 > 0:10:34alone.
0:10:34 > 0:10:35They need help from passionate volunteers.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37So Hannah collaborates with an artist Lela
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Eleanor Smith who has travelled down from Scotland to help out.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Obviously with the week, it is constrained as
0:10:42 > 0:10:43well.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46We can't achieve a plea in a week redesign and we can to get a
0:10:46 > 0:10:48whole bus and tear it apart and do that.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51I think it would be really good to do a visual kind of
0:10:52 > 0:10:53projection of what is happening.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56As the team pack up for the night, there is still so much work
0:10:56 > 0:10:57to be done.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Despite starting the day full of ideas, no tangible progress
0:11:00 > 0:11:09has been made.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23In order for the printers to get the design stand for the
0:11:23 > 0:11:25bus, the team must send off work today.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28But they haven't even started the design.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Without a concrete design for the bus, Laura is quick
0:11:30 > 0:11:32to call punting team to try and extend the deadline.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35They think the problem we have is we really only
0:11:35 > 0:11:36start work yesterday morning.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37I'm hoping that...
0:11:37 > 0:11:40We will get free stuff quickly as we can but it will
0:11:40 > 0:11:42only be end of today rather than lunchtime unfortunately.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44End of today, I don't think we can do it.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45For Friday?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47We've got to get you printed remember?
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Yeah.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51I don't want to be awkward, I just don't want to
0:11:51 > 0:11:52get you down.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53I totally...
0:11:53 > 0:11:54I totally understand.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57We would go as fast as we can as well, we are and are quite
0:11:57 > 0:11:59a lot of pressure the side.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00Yeah, let's start.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Meanwhile, Anne-Marie has got a deadline of her own.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05In order to get the badges made, she is joined by
0:12:05 > 0:12:06Arundhati and Nadine, Electrical engineers
0:12:06 > 0:12:09that have just 24 hours to
0:12:09 > 0:12:12produce prototype badges.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15But the concept isn't exactly crystal clear.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20So the brief is that it's the person,
0:12:20 > 0:12:22were helping the person that is attacked.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23Then then your badge...
0:12:23 > 0:12:29As a victim can make you wouldn't necessarily have a badge.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30You have the activator but not badge.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31They would yell?
0:12:31 > 0:12:32Does that make sense?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35If they could make a scene, they would make
0:12:35 > 0:12:36the scene.
0:12:36 > 0:12:37Anne-Marie possibly ground-breaking idea revolves around
0:12:37 > 0:12:38connecting the community of passengers.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41When the victim presses a panic button, or app, passengers'
0:12:41 > 0:12:43badges will light up, alerting them to the problem.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45With the concept as clear as mud, Anne-Marie drops
0:12:45 > 0:12:46another bombshell.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Surprise.
0:12:48 > 0:12:58In theory, your deadline would be tomorrow.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Laura's advertising team have had a light
0:13:22 > 0:13:23bulb moment.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25The idea comes from Miranda, a junior creative as
0:13:25 > 0:13:26Laura's agency.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29You have to commute that is such a problem on the train
0:13:29 > 0:13:30anyway.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33We watch the video this morning about a month shouting that
0:13:33 > 0:13:34this woman, everyone was silent.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Unmute the Commute is quite good actually.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Unmute the Commute?
0:13:37 > 0:13:38That's quite cool actually.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Unmute the Commute is a concept that not only
0:13:40 > 0:13:42encourages victims to speak out but also asks fellow passengers to
0:13:42 > 0:13:44step in.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48Artist Leila's installation involves so many
0:13:48 > 0:13:49Anna and Susannah to help
0:13:49 > 0:13:50get it done.
0:13:50 > 0:14:00The concept involves foam, a lot of foam.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05So the plan we have at the moment is to cut some
0:14:05 > 0:14:08hand shapes out to go into this stairwell so you have to wage your
0:14:08 > 0:14:11way through these foam hands to get to the art installation.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13It's representative of the kind of invasion of interpersonal space.
0:14:13 > 0:14:21A key part of the team's message of unmute the commute is the idea of
0:14:21 > 0:14:22the passenger's pledge.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26That they will step in when they see harassment.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30So Professor Liz has asked Katie from
0:14:30 > 0:14:33activist group Hollaback to hold one of their workshops which teach
0:14:33 > 0:14:34people about safe ways to intervene.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37They hope these workshops which they teach around the world will
0:14:37 > 0:14:39encourage people from being just passive bystanders into actively
0:14:39 > 0:14:47intervening.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Actually talking to a TfL member of staff is
0:14:50 > 0:14:52a good idea or even British Transport Police.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54A lot of us aren't that comfortable engaging with the
0:14:54 > 0:14:55police.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Particularly people of colour, particularly LGBTQ people,
0:14:57 > 0:15:00migrants, anyone with an insecure status who could be a victim of one
0:15:00 > 0:15:01of these kinds of crimes.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04That's kind of why this bystander intervention stuff is so important,
0:15:04 > 0:15:14because we need to rely on each other.
0:15:17 > 0:15:23As the day nears a close, LED engineer finally finds her stride.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Following an from her slogan that Laura's team came up with, Unmute
0:15:26 > 0:15:28the Commute, Ellie wants to create a soundscape of victim's story.
0:15:28 > 0:15:36She has recruited her theatre create a
0:15:36 > 0:15:40friend Imogen Butler-Cole, to help.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43The idea of unmuting is really nice because it's about
0:15:43 > 0:15:44activation and making noise, it's about being heard.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Hi there, how's it going?
0:15:46 > 0:15:47I think it's getting there.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51What we want to do on Friday is have to hear the soundscape on the bus.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52So we'd need speakers around the bus.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55And then we would just play it.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58And let people in that space here what has happened to other
0:15:58 > 0:16:01people in that space and then sort of end with an invitation
0:16:01 > 0:16:02to do something.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04That is where we are.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05OK, it sounds really good.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06Sounds like lot though.
0:16:06 > 0:16:07It's Wednesday.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10They've got to get this pretty much finished by
0:16:10 > 0:16:11tomorrow, can we manage that?
0:16:11 > 0:16:17Um, yes.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18I'm incredibly confident.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Well, I'm convinced.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Come and see.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Around the corner in the workshop, Anna and
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Susanna are busy cutting hands.
0:16:29 > 0:16:30The foam variety, luckily.
0:16:30 > 0:16:38I think they are really nice.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40How they just stand up like that.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42The first attempt did not go so well.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43No template meant disastrous looking hands.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Now there is a wooden template, things
0:16:45 > 0:16:47are going a lot more smoothly.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49We just need 50 more to do or something?
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Seriously?
0:16:53 > 0:16:54But with the bus looking decidedly
0:16:54 > 0:16:58untransformed, all the work must happen tomorrow if it is going to be
0:16:58 > 0:17:08ready for the big reveal on Friday.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11It's crunch time.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Our final day of prep and the workshop is a hive of
0:17:14 > 0:17:21activity.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Hundreds of Unmute the Commute badges are being laser cut.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25This is our first badge.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29Oh my goodness.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33Oh look, no way!
0:17:33 > 0:17:38And right on time, the printing team arrives with the
0:17:38 > 0:17:39vinyls.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40Hi, Laura.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41Nice to meet you.
0:17:41 > 0:17:42Hi, Nancy.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Amazing.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44About three or four hours.
0:17:44 > 0:17:45Thank you.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Well Tony gets stuck in, across London, I meet
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Ellie at the BBC where she is recording and mixing the soundscape
0:17:50 > 0:17:51project today.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53This is an incredibly personal project for her.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55She recalled a day six years ago that
0:17:55 > 0:18:02she has never forgotten.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06It was about 8am,
0:18:06 > 0:18:10it was so busy and I'd seen this man help what I thought was his
0:18:10 > 0:18:12girlfriend on to the two, kind of touching her quite
0:18:12 > 0:18:13intimately on the lower back.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15I felt him pressed up against me.
0:18:15 > 0:18:25I felt him getting aroused.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28So Ellie responded in the way she felt most natural.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30She danced on the Tube and posted the video on YouTube.
0:18:30 > 0:18:36There is no way I was going to stand up and do a big speech about it.
0:18:36 > 0:18:37But I decided to dance it.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39That was just what made sense to me.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40The video went viral.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43I obviously knew people would see it and people would have
0:18:43 > 0:18:47an opinion about it.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49But that wasn't really ever the point, it was about
0:18:49 > 0:18:55an expression of myself.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56OK, go for it.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Ellie invites collaborators to record the stories
0:18:58 > 0:19:00of real account that the campaign group Hollaback created.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Real testimonies from victims and bystanders from around
0:19:02 > 0:19:07the world are read out.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10As I stood up, one of the two standing guys grabbed and squeezed
0:19:10 > 0:19:15my crotch through my skirt.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18I'm not sure why but I almost froze on the spot and I
0:19:18 > 0:19:20didn't say anything.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21The rush-hour crowd, two were standing
0:19:21 > 0:19:22over me.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24I'm totally unaware that this stuff might be going on.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Then Ellie decides she wants to step up
0:19:26 > 0:19:29and record her own story.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34It made me feel on edge and over time I got
0:19:34 > 0:19:37increasingly angry, this is not my issue,
0:19:37 > 0:19:40this should not be women's
0:19:40 > 0:19:44issue, we should be able to move around and go to work, go to
0:19:44 > 0:19:46school in freedom.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49This is our body, our space, and we should have
0:19:49 > 0:19:51the right to live in it.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Across town at the base, Leila is racing to get
0:19:53 > 0:20:00the art installation finished on the inside of the bus.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02At the same time, Tony is working away on the
0:20:02 > 0:20:04outside the bus.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Meanwhile, the electronics to the Unmute the
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Commute badges must be soldered on quickly.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Today, Anne-Marie's organisation is holding a business
0:20:11 > 0:20:14confidence event for hundreds of teenage girls in London.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17It is the perfect place to test the buttons.
0:20:17 > 0:20:23So we asked a few of the students what they thought.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25The idea is that you will be notified that something
0:20:25 > 0:20:32is happening around you and somebody is in need of help.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36I think the idea is really good.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Doing it in a discrete way allows the person to have
0:20:38 > 0:20:40time to think about how they
0:20:40 > 0:20:43will help you rather than act on impulse which may cause something
0:20:43 > 0:20:44drastic to happen.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46It's a great idea but it should have something like a
0:20:46 > 0:20:47GPS location.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49When women are harassed, usually the first reaction
0:20:49 > 0:20:52is what were you wearing?
0:20:52 > 0:20:53Probably brought it on yourself.
0:20:53 > 0:20:59This allows women to help other women in
0:20:59 > 0:21:02a really discreet way.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04The badge was later presented to TfL who said they will
0:21:04 > 0:21:05consider implementing it.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Perhaps this is the start of a real solution.
0:21:08 > 0:21:09Time will tell.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11But time is something the rest of the team
0:21:11 > 0:21:12don't have.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Night draws in and they are forced to pack up.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17With thousands of tourists flooding through Covent Garden tomorrow, what
0:21:17 > 0:21:21will the verdict be on the bus?
0:21:24 > 0:21:265am, Lynne, our bus driver arrives.
0:21:26 > 0:21:32Bright and early.
0:21:50 > 0:21:51The crowd arrive.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Time to reveal all.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58Ta-da, look what you've done!
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Isn't that incredible?
0:22:01 > 0:22:07It should be on every bus.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15So excited.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19I'm so thrilled that it's done.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22And we have fantastic ideas, the concept,
0:22:22 > 0:22:24the buttons, I can't wait
0:22:24 > 0:22:26to see at the top of the bus.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30Everyone's working towards a common goal and in just a week you can come
0:22:30 > 0:22:32up with something.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35So much money, so much brainstorming.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37You get passionate people together, after a week...
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Why don't we head into the bus and get a
0:22:39 > 0:22:44better look?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Oh, wow.
0:22:46 > 0:22:51As people crowd inside the bus, they have the
0:22:51 > 0:22:54worm their way through the art installation of hands.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58Up to the top deck where more hang down in their way.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00On headphones, passengers listen to the testimonies that Ellie
0:23:00 > 0:23:02recorded yesterday.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04Everywhere you go, you are reminded of what it
0:23:04 > 0:23:11feels like to be harassed.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Focusing on others and the bystander in this
0:23:13 > 0:23:20case might be a way for us to tackle an old problem in a new way.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23As part of Ellie's testimony project, she
0:23:23 > 0:23:33has choreographed the words to a new dance.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37He just kept his head down and got off at the next station.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41Then I sat down and tried to stop myself from shaking.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44I even felt embarrassed I stood up to this man.
0:23:44 > 0:23:45It's actually a very powerful experience, this hand
0:23:45 > 0:23:51shapes as you go up the stairs and then they are hanging down.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53But what was most powerful was hearing the
0:23:53 > 0:23:55accounts of women and then Ellie doing her dance performance upstairs
0:23:55 > 0:23:56on the bus.
0:23:56 > 0:24:05The two together were really profoundly moving.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10It's absolutely fantastic what has been done in one week.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14I think I'm running on fumes by now as far
0:24:14 > 0:24:18as the mental side goes but I'm absolutely so positive and I feel
0:24:18 > 0:24:27that we are really making a start.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29There is a huge way to go on this.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32There seems to be anyway a wave of awareness that is coming.
0:24:32 > 0:24:33That is here.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Will you pledge to take action?
0:24:36 > 0:24:44Make a pledge to Unmute the Commute.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45The sun sets over London.
0:24:45 > 0:24:53It is time to take stock.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55When we started out, I was thinking the problem
0:24:55 > 0:24:56is global, it's far too
0:24:56 > 0:24:59huge, what are we realistically going to get done in five weeks?
0:24:59 > 0:25:02huge, what are we realistically going to get done in five days?
0:25:02 > 0:25:05But these women I've met this week are inspirational.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Past solutions have either been about the victim or
0:25:07 > 0:25:09the perpetrator but they've made this about the community.
0:25:09 > 0:25:16It doesn't matter where you go in the world,
0:25:16 > 0:25:19you will find community and if this week has taught me anything at all,
0:25:19 > 0:25:24it is that by working together, globally, we can solve any problem.