New Delhi, March 8 -- On International Women's Day, Uber has announced to gender sensitize 100,000 drivers. In partnership with the Manas Foundation, the company will gender sensitize its drivers by end of 2021. Earlier, the company had tied up with the NGO in 2018. It aimed to ensure that its drivers were more courteous and attentive to the needs of women riders. Through in-person sessions conducted across 7 Indian cities before the pandemic, the partnership sensitized 63,000 drivers. After a brief halt due to COVID-19, Uber and the Manas Foundation will deliver lessons virtually over Zoom.

These gender sensitisation sessions will educate drivers on how men and women use public transport systems. It will also teach the extent of harassm...