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Revision as of 17:35, 24 May 2023
| Organization | Azad Foundation |
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| Region | India |
| Website | Website |
| ProjectLeader | Veronika Miskech Fricova |
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Our Women with Wheels project empowers poor women to become professional drivers to enable them get well-paying and respectful jobs and reclaim freedom. It helps these women get employed as cab drivers and chauffeurs for women, making transportation in Indian cities safer for women. Once earning, women drivers are able to double even triple their family income. The project does not only help lift many people out of poverty, it also empowers women to transform their lives in numerous ways.
Challenge
Women we work with come from very poor families surviving on just US$1.5-3.5 a day. Only 27% of women in India participated in the formal labour market in 2015. If employed, it is under unequal terms and in low paid professions traditionally assigned to women. Violence against women in widespread - many women get physically and mentally abused by their husbands, in-laws and even their fathers and brothers. They are denied rights, often unable to make decisions about their own lives.
Long-Term Impact
As professional drivers, women helped by this project are able to increase their family income by 200%, lifting them out of poverty. Moreover, they become more confident, start to take control over their own lives and make informed choices. Women drivers inspire other women to take on non-traditional professions and become autonomous and economically independent. The social change this project leads to reaches out to women drivers' children - creating long-reaching intergenerational impact.
References
- http://www.azadfoundation.com
- http://www.azadfoundation.com
- http://www.facebook.com/azadfoundationindia
- http://www.sakhaconsultingwings.com
- https://www.instagram.com/azadfoundationindia/
Additional Documentation
https://www.globalgiving.org//pfil/16908/projdoc.pdf
Project Gallery
Changing mindsets one at a time.
Take back the roads take back the night
Empowered and safe smiles will follow!
Professional drivers trained by Azad
Learning about the car
Learning how to drive
Project trainees at a self-defence class
Our trainees at a self defense class
