Uber cab hires women drivers to ensure safety of women passengers

Uber cabs in New Delhi have faced flak due to some of its errant drivers who had misbehaved with women passengers. There was an instance of rape reported and, it faced criticism once again for the recent molestation case in Gurgaon.
Therefore, the cab aggregator firm Uber has decided to employ women drivers to boost customer confidence. It has already done so in Mumbai where it has recruited 20 women cabbies to ensure safety of women travelling alone, especially in the night.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 15 June 2015.

As one of the woman drivers has remarked - women feel safe when ferried by women drivers. She has joined Uber recently and earns up to Rs 3,000 per day and is, probably, one of the highest paid woman cabbie in the city. She has explained that the numbers may soon increase to 100 as more women are coming forward to join this profession. They have the option to switch off the mobile app and attend to household chores. And, once free, can switch on the app to accept bookings.
Other operators like Ola are also encouraging women to join the profession.
Recruitment of women cab drivers is seen as an attempt by Uber to enhance its image which has been sullied by the rape incident last December and the recent molestation complaint.
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#NDMC #childmolestation #womensafety #internationalwomensday In order to make the city of New Delhi more safe for women because of instances of atrocities committed on women, the New Delhi Municipal Corporation has taken a decision to operate a women only taxi service where the drivers would be women.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 16 March 2015.
The service named ‘Shakti’ had been scheduled to begin on 8 March, International Women’s Day but due to shortage of cabs, it has been postponed to April- it seems a minimum of 100 cabs are necessary for launching such projects but the NDMC has hardly 20 cabs. Therefore, a pilot project would be started with these 20 cabs.
This rivers of this women only cab service will be women drivers and they would be recruited from the technical institute run by NDMC. The tariffs are likely to be in sync with the transport department rates.
Moreover, keeping the safety of school children in mind, NDMC would be recruiting women drivers for all the buses that carry children to the schools run by it. This is because children are easy targets for crimes such as molestation.
Hence, women drivers who possess commercial licenses have already been selected and they would begin working from next month.

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