India's women-only trains
As millions of women have joined India’s workforce over the past few years, they’ve met with resistance from men who routinely pinch, grope, or insult them on commuter trains. Now, under a pilot program in India’s four largest cities—New Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai, and Mumbai—men have been removed from some trains altogether. Known as “Ladies Specials,” the eight women-only trains are clean, uncrowded, and free from sexual harassment. “It’s so nice,” says one rider, teacher Kiran Khas. “Here on this train, you can board anywhere and sit freely.”
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