意大利孕婦坐公交可憑徽章"求讓座"

Mothers-to-be in the Italian city of Milan can get badges asking for a seat on public transport.

意大利城市米蘭的準媽媽們可以獲得一枚在公共交通上“求讓座”的徽章。

While badges for pregnant women on public transport are nothing new, the Milanese approach is far more direct than Transport for London's modestly-sized "Baby on board" badge, and instead asks the straightforward question "Posso sedermi?" ("Can I sit down?") on a badge that is almost impossible to miss, La Repubblica newspaper reports.

授予孕婦用於乘公共交通的特權徽章已不是什麼新鮮事兒，但米蘭的此番做法遠比倫敦的直接得多。據《共和國報》報道，相比於倫敦市小小的“有寶寶在”徽章，米蘭市的徽章直接寫明：“我能坐嗎？”而且徽章很大，其他乘客絕對看得見。

The campaign is the idea of TV presenter and mother-of-three Francesca Barra, who says she was frustrated by the indifference shown to pregnant women, the elderly and infirm on public transport, and proposed the badge to try to change people's attitudes. "After my third child, I tired of not being noticed," she says, noting that it's particularly bad for women whose pregnancy isn't obvious. "This badge is a great example of civilisation," she wrote on her Facebook wall.

這次運動的靈感來自於身爲準媽媽的電視節目主持人弗朗西斯卡·巴拉。她說她對公交上人們漠視老弱孕殘的行爲深感沮喪，故提議設計這樣一個徽章來改變人們的態度。“生了三個孩子之後，我受夠了大家的漠視。”她說，尤其對那些不顯懷的孕婦來說，情況更糟糕。她在“臉書牆”上寫道：“這個徽章將成爲人們文明程度的極好體現。”

Milan's city council is pushing to make services more friendly to pregnant women and new mothers. This includes a three-year-old initiative called "Happy Popping" which provides spaces in its libraries, museums and offices to give mothers room to feed their babies and change their nappies. "No mother should have to rely on luck to find a welcoming place," the Comune di Milano website says.

米蘭市政府也在推動營造一種“孕婦、初產女性友好型社會”。其中有一個已有三年曆史的項目，叫做“快樂哺乳”，旨在圖書館、博物館以及辦公室，爲媽媽們提供給孩子哺乳和換尿片的房間。米蘭市政府在官網上寫道：“母親們尋找適合哺乳的地方時，再也不用靠運氣了。”