Women's Day: Pakistan's women 'Rowdy Riders' take on traffic and tradition
India, March 8 -- Revving round a dusty oval in the heart of Pakistan's largest city, women on motorbikes practise looping a row of safety cones, their helmets securing colourful headscarves in place.
It is a rare sight in the culturally conservative country, where women are typically relegated to the back seats of cars or to riding side-saddle on motorbikes, ferried by a male relative.
"Change is under way," says Zainab Safdar, demonstrating how to mount a two-wheeler while cloaked in a pink body-covering abaya.
The 40-year-old is an instructor for the "Rowdy Riders", a women-only group teaching novices in Karachi everything from the basics of balancing on a bicycle to high-octane gear changing and negotiating traffic.
Since being fo...
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