Taxi-driving is a male-dominated profession, but the ride-hailing app Uber is promising to put many more women behind the wheel.
Uber announced on Tuesday that it plans to create 1 million driver jobs for women by 2020. The pledge came in the form of a blog post on Uber’s website, with a statement written by Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the executive director of UN Women, which aims to economically empower women around the world.
Only about 14 percent of Uber’s 160,000 drivers in the U.S. are women.
Go here for more.
About Post Author
