A woman steers a vehicle of the ‘Pink-Rickshaw’. Zar Aslam, president of Pakistan’s non-profit Environment Protection Fund, launched the scheme for women on roads who are often harassed by male auto-rickshaw drivers while they get to their homes or work places. © picture-alliance/dpa/R. Dar

Parveen Bibi was one of the first women to drive a rickshaw in Lahore. Many men react with hostility, but she says it’s her business how she supports her family.

Many men here think that women should not be out in public. “Women should stay at home where they are safe. She could work at home, sewing for example.” But women can barely make ends meet sewing clothes. So Parveen Bibi made a decision. See more here!

Author: Imke Hansen, Can Tobias Mansuroglu

Editor: Marjory Linardy

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