Female-centred transport

There may be one other excellent news for the feminine commuters of Karachi. After the primary ever women-only bus service launched by the Sindh authorities, a non-public transport firm has initiated the launch of a brand new “women-driven motorcycle service” within the bustling metropolis. Via this, the corporate’s feminine clientele can have entry to an reasonably priced, secure and dependable technique of transport amid rising inflation.

The final word purpose is to create a society the place females not should depend on their dad and mom or spouses to commute, and may fearlessly journey throughout the town for work or leisure. Such tasks are primarily necessary to uplift and empower ladies by making them extra unbiased. For majority of girls, commuting by means of conventional means generally is a traumatic expertise as numerous cases of harassment happen on daily basis, making it extremely unsafe. Subsequently, till society learns easy methods to deal with and respect ladies, female-only companies are essential to mitigate the day by day challenges they face. Aside from this, the initiative will assist present females with jobs throughout instances of extreme financial misery. By signing up as a feminine bike captain, they will earn sum of cash in a handy means each month. Monetary independence is a very powerful step in the direction of empowerment. The initiative will even assist break stereotypes and gender roles that ladies can’t and mustn’t drive. Via this women-centred strategy, extra ladies might be urged to learn to trip bikes and vehicles — an necessary modern-day ability — and this can slowly assist normalise the thought of feminine drivers in society.

Ladies should now take cost of this and construct their very own social neighborhood to encourage these from less-privileged background to go for such companies. The stronger their neighborhood the extra they may help empower and defend one another. It’s hoped that the identical undertaking is prolonged to different cities throughout the nation.

Printed in The Categorical Tribune, March 10^th, 2023.

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