It´s time to celebrate as 40 women complete training in motorbike driving
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Regressive norms of society are being challenged at large in Karachi as many women are learning how to drive motorcycles so that they can commute independently. One such woman is Madiha Arjumand, 34, mother of two daughters and resident of Landhi Industrial Area, who was encouraged by her husband to register for the Women on Wheels (WOW) programme. The programme has been functioning under the Salman Sufi Foundation in collaboration with the Sindh government. It is also supported by the United Nations Women and the United Nations Development Programme. The campaign is aimed at training 10,000 women throughout the province in driving motorcycles. For this purpose, training was officially...