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Women driving women – trailblazing women in pink rickshaws
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.
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22.03.2016 | 14:19
empowering women, hostility, Lahore, make ends meet, Pakistan, Parveen Bibi, pink rickshaw, tuktuk, women's rights
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