Going against the regular notion that women are bad drivers, Priyadarshini Taxi Service has come up with an excellent innovative way to uplift women and improve women’s security currently in Mumbai. How? Let’s take a look.
Empowering women
Women Empowerment
When it comes to women’s empowerment, Priyadarshini has brought a revolution where women walk shoulder to shoulder with men as taxi drivers.
Women’s safety
Women Safety
With women drivers, most families, especially single girls feel safer as they know they can trust them.
Trained drivers
Trained Drivers
All the women cab drivers are given a training for three months and their family is also interviewed to know their take on this decision of the driver.
Financial support to many women
Financial Support to Many Women
Most of the women cab drivers come from very poor families. Priyadarshini gave them a ray of hope. Now, they make 10-12 thousand rupees per month on an average.
Extra vocational training
Extra Vocational Trainings
Driving skills for commercial purpose, home health aid, pre selection preparatory training for the drivers so that they can apply for jobs as police constables and private security guard training are some of the skills these women are taught.
Hail the pink clad ladies!
Author: Aayushi Jain
