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Oct
Hyderabadi Bikerni gears up to begin ‘Women Motor Training Centre’
MoWo founder Jai Bharathi and Minister for Women and Child Welfare Satyavathi Rathod at the launch of ‘Women Motor Training Centre’ in Hyderabad.
Oct
This Architect Is Driving 11,111 kilometres Across India To Encourage Women To Learn Driving
Who Is Jai Bharathi? She is an architect and an avid biker who is on a mission to encourage more women to learn driving, be self reliant and use this skill to increase their chances of getting employed and earn a livelihood. She has been riding across 20 cities on her bike.
Dec
Moving Borders Tour team on wheels for women empowerment
Moving Borders Tour which went on for more than 40 days was organised by the MOWO in association with Shell Foundation and the UK government and aimed to raise awareness about gender-inclusive mobility and encourage more women to pick up the skill of driving.
8/1/2022
Why more women need to get behind the wheel
Shipra Nayyar, Business Development Advisor, Shell Foundation, says only 11 percent of all drivers in the country are women. But that is changing as a number of social enterprises have started focusing on women - both as passengers as well as owner-drivers of commercial vehicles.
7/31/2019
On a long road to freedom
On a cloudy yet pleasant day, Nagamani pads up to protect her knees and wears a helmet. But she isn’t getting ready to bat at the nets. The cheerful 60-year-old is out to ride a motorbike along with 20 other women at Swami Vivekananda Ground at MIG Colony in Lingampally.
26/11/2021
Woman rides 11,000 km to drive in a point
VIJAYAWADA: Jai Bharathi, a Hyderabad-based bike rider, who is on a mission to encourage women to pick up driving skills so that they can have more employment opportunities, arrived in Vijayawada on Thursday after covering more than 11,000 kilometres across the country.
24/10/2021
The founder of MoWo, is on an 11,111 km tour of 20 cities across India in 40 days, to raise awareness about driving by women
It’s one thing to be a superbiker and cruise cross-country, and another to teach women to pick up driving as a life skill. Jai Bharathi would know this well.
20/11/2021
National Campaign To Promote Driving For Women For Better Access To Livelihoods And Opportunities
Under this campaign, Jai Bharathi, founder of MOWO is touring India on her motorbike from October 11th for a period of over 40 days and coveringover 20 cities to create awareness and encourage women to learn driving to increase their jobopportunities. Today, Ms Bharathi reached Kolkata on the current leg of her tour.
2/6/2021
Ride and earn: Poverty elimination drive a hit among women in Narayanpet
Among the long list of poverty elimination programmes in rural areas, one of the most popular among women in Narayanpet district is learning how to ride a two-wheeler. After assessing the livelihood opportunities it provides, women in dozens have been thronging the training centres each week.
2/5/2021
Telangana: Rural women learn driving under poverty programme
Women from villages in Telangana are now being encouraged to learn driving under the Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP) - a programme by the state's rural development department.
12/3/2021
Hyderabad Bikerni to train 10 lakh women in mobility
Hyderabad-based Bikerni Jai Bharati Addepalli who has founded MoWo Social Initiatives plans to empower one million (10 lakh) MoWo-ians not just in India but also other countries in Asia and Africa.
11/8/2021
Woman’s solo effort: Driving change among women, for women
Moving Women (MOWO) Social Initiatives Foundation has launched ‘Moving Boundaries’, a campaign to encourage women to pick up driving skills and remove roadblocks to increase their job prospects.
11/27/2021
Hyderabad biker Jai Bharathi travels across more than 20 cities to encourage other women to take up driving
She is a woman on the wheels travelling across the country with the mission of encouraging women to learn and excel in driving skills for improving their employment opportunities. Meet Jai Bharathi, a biker who is based in Hyderabad has already covered more than 11,000 kilometres before she reached Vijayawada yesterday.
11/25/2021
Promoting women empowerment through mobility
“Women all over the world face restrictions on their mobility. They are unable to travel long distance to acquire decent education or take up jobs which involve complex or unsafe commute resulting in a restricted pool of job opportunities for them,” says Jai Bharathi
11/23/2021
National Campaign To Promote Driving For Women For Better Access To Livelihoods And Opportunities
The focus is on enabling women to not only learn driving but also own electric vehicles to generate income which in turn can also reduce carbon emissions from transport. ‘Even Cargo’, a social enterprise providing training, employment, and electric vehicle ownership to women drivers is also supporting this campaign.
11/23/2019
GHMC to train women in two-wheeler riding
With an aim to promote various skill development programmes for women, GHMC signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mowo Social Initiatives Foundation, a non-profit organisation, led by Jai Bharathi Telangana Women Motorcyclist at GHMC head office on Friday. Mayor Bonthu Rammohan exchanged the MoU which was signed by Hari Chandana Dasari, Zonal Commissioner, GHMC, Serilingampally division.
11/22/2021
National Campaign to promote driving for women reaches Kolkata
Bharathi reached Kolkata on the current leg of her tour. Starting from Hyderabad, she has covered Bangalore, Chennai, Kochi, Goa, Pune, Mumbai, Surat, Ahmedabad, Udaipur, Jaipur, Amritsar, Srinagar, Chandigarh, New Delhi, Lucknow, Varanasi, Patna, Guwahati and would now be covering Ranchi, Bhubaneshwar, among others.
11/22/2019
Mayor exchanges MoU with Mowo Foundation for motor training centre for women
GHMC Mayor Bonthu Rammohan exchanged MOU with Mowo Social Initiatives Foundation, (not for profit organisation) led by Jai Bharathi, Telangana Woman Motorcyclist which was signed by Hari Chandana Dasari, Zonal Commissioner, Serilingampally Zone, GHMC.
11/17/2021
Campaigner on mission to promote driving among women reaches Guwahati
The campaign seeks to promote awareness on the importance of women acquiring the power of driving and travelling safely to expand their horizons in all aspects of their lives.
11/16/2021
Campaign to promote driving among women for better access to opportunities
On November 16, Jai Bharathi reached Guwahati taking forward her campaign message. Addressing journalists in Guwahati, Bharathi said that the ‘Moving Boundaries’ campaign aims to let women know the importance of learning to drive, which in turn will provide them with various employment opportunities.
