Women's Day: Fighting poverty, these ladies have set the wheels in motion for a better life

Bengaluru: To drive a cab through Bengaluru streets is challenging and women taking up such a role definitely raise eyebrows. But for Action Aid, an NGO that believed in breaking gender stereotypes, it was a two-year effort to empower 70 women to take up mainstream driving.

The women are selected from slums and other places. Those, who are from downtrodden communities, are counselled.
Once the NGO wins their confidence, the women are trained for one month and later placed as cab drivers.

To make them feel secure and boost their confidence, these women are trained in self-defence too. On Women's Day, this story of ActionAid empowering women is dedicated to all those ladies, who do not want to be just a cog in the wheel.