A cab company, Careem, has introduced women drivers in Pakistan. The initiative is laudable considering the background of a deeply moderate Muslim country where only 22% of the workforce is secured by women.

With a post graduation degree from the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad, and graduation in architecture from Jaipur, Monika could have had any job she wanted. But instead of going for a regular 9-5 job, she chose to follow her heart and took up driving. Meet Monika Yadav, a resident of Ahmedabad, who is Gujarat’s first female Uber driver.

Uber was the news in recent weeks again for mistreating its women passengers, and the incidents have just kept piling up, raising serious questions about their systems and safety. In a bid to do some damage control, the app-based private taxi service has hired its first group of female drivers to re-instill faith amongst its […]

Ola Cabs recently announced that they will be creating 50, 000 jobs for women, which will give India a large number of women driver –entrepreneurs.

Yesterday Uber announced that the company is committed to creating 50,000 jobs for women in India by 2020, as a part of its global tie-up with UN Women to create safe job opportunities for women.

After the UberRape case, women-driven taxis are being seen as the best alternative. However, there are very few female drivers in the country today.

Mumbai will get 550 new female cab drivers this year. The women are being trained to drive cabs and ensure the safety of commuters, especially women, travelling alone from airports and railway stations etc. Many are also being trained in martial arts: says a Times of India report.