追求性別平等 澳大利亞引入女版紅綠燈大綱

Replacing male figures in pedestrian crossing lights with women is a step towards gender equality and will "reduce unconscious bias", an Australian lobby group said, as Melbourne rolled out a trial scheme recently.

墨爾本近日推出了一項試點計劃，將人行橫道信號燈上的男性形象替換成女性形象，澳大利亞某遊說團體稱此舉是邁向性別平等的一步，將"減少無意識的偏見"。

Ten lights at the intersection of Swanston and Flinders streets in the center of Melbourne will be fitted out with female figures as part of a 12-month trial spearheaded by the Committee of Melbourne.

墨爾本市中心斯旺斯頓街和弗林德斯街交叉路口的10個信號燈將配有女性形象，這是墨爾本委員會領導的一項爲期12個月的試點計劃的一部分。

The not-for-profit organization is striving for equal representation of men and women at all crossings across the state of Victoria with its Equal Crossing initiative.

這個非營利組織正在發起"平等十字路口"倡議，爭取讓維多利亞州範圍內所有十字路口的男性、女性形象的信號燈數量對等。

The initiative came at no cost to taxpayers - a spokeswoman specified that a local electrical company absorbed the cost as part of its sponsorship.

該組織一名女發言人明確指出，納稅人不必爲此倡議買單，費用由當地一家電力公司承擔，這是該公司的部分贊助。

But response to the scheme has been mixed, with some criticizing it as lip service towards gender equality.

但人們對該計劃的反應不一，有人批評這是追求性別平等的表面文章。

The lord mayor, Robert Doyle, was not impressed by the initiative.

該市市長羅伯特·道爾就沒有被此倡議所打動。

"I'm all for doing anything we can for gender equity, but really?" he was quoted as saying by the Herald Sun. "Unfortunately, I think this sort of costly exercise is more likely to bring derision."

《太陽先驅報》援引他的話稱：“爲了性別平等，我們所有人都在做我們能做得任何事。但是事實呢？不幸的是，我認爲這類的昂貴的實踐更有可能帶來的是嘲笑。”