Moscow Metro Hires First Women Drivers After Lifting Decades-Long Ban
Women had been driving the subway since 1936, but Soviet authorities barred them from doing so in the 1980s.
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Haryana Women Take The Training Wheel To Lead Farmers’ Tractor Rally
Choosing women to lead the farmers’ tractor rally comes as a big step in women’s empowerment in Haryana, which was once considered to be a highly patriarchal state with the lowest sex ratio.
Tamil Nadu Introduces Electric Auto-Rickshaws, Most Of Which To Be Driven By Women
M- Auto, launched in Tamil Nadu, is a retro-fit electric auto-rickshaw with a maximum speed of 70 km per hour.
I Don’t Know How To Drive, But That Doesn’t Mean I Am Not Empowered
I don’t know to drive and it is my personal choice. Even then, I consider myself a feminist and empowered.
Why Women Driving Is Still A Rare Sight In Indian Advertisements
Not enough advertisements show women driving, be it cars or bikes. Are women not seen as potential buyers, or is it plain sexism?
Women Are ‘Better’ Drivers, Says New Study
Women have been trolled for their driving skills, for as long as cars have been on roads. An age-old myth about women being bad drivers has finally been broken. A new UK study has quashed the motoring gender divide with conclusive evidence that women are actually better drivers than men. The findings were published by Confused.com. […]
Saudi Women Hit Back At ‘You Won’t Drive’ Hashtag
In September 2017, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman issued a royal order granting women their right to drive. The ban on women driving will soon be history. However, this hasn’t gone down well with some men. Some have taken to social media to express their dissatisfaction with the change in law. They’ve been using an Arabic hashtag to […]
Saudi Arabia’s Largest Cab Service Hires Its First Female Driver
Careem, a leading ride-hailing firm (cab service) in the Middle East, has appointed its first female driver. Enaam Gazi Al-Aswad was selected to become the first ‘captainah’, the female version of the Careem ‘captain’, as the firm calls its drivers. She has been selected among 3,000 women looking for working with the company. A brief […]
Karnataka State Transport To Reserve 50% Driver Jobs For Women
The Karnataka government is planning to formulate a policy that will reserve 50% of drivers‘ posts for women in Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC). The women — looking forward to work as drivers — will be trained and also given a special stipend before recruitment. “We will not only give women free training in driving […]
Bangalore: BMTC To Train 1,000 Women in Driving State Buses and other LMVs
A cosmopolitan city like Bangalore has only one woman driver amongst the 34,000 staff in the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation. However, things are about to change as the BMTC are planning to train a thousand women in driving buses and light motor vehicles. These women, once trained, can also apply for driver’s jobs in the […]
