In Kashmir, free bus services are opening doors to education and freedom for women. With safer transport and better connectivity, more girls are returning to school and pursuing financial independence.
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00:00I have seen many cases in my life, even with my friends, many girls have left me to study.
00:18Because they didn't have money, if they could afford education, but traveling was very expensive.
00:26They couldn't afford any kind of money.
00:29So now, these girls are coming in front of education.
00:33Whether they are financially independent, they are coming in front of them.
00:45Women folk are confined to Kashmir.
00:49They don't have much independence.
00:51They can come freely.
00:54But when there comes such initiatives,
00:57there is confidence that we have to prove ourselves.
01:02So there is this cultural, social factor.
01:10There are also cultural inhibitions.
01:12The idea that a home is supposed to be a woman's place.
01:15A kitchen is supposed to be a safe place.
01:17And not the public.
01:19This distinction between this private and public sphere.
01:22Where private is supposed to be for the woman.
01:25Public is supposed to be for the men.
01:27This is also, you know, again, this is fundamentally why women lack the kind of mobility that we want them to have.
01:33And the people who have.
01:34And the people who live in the far-flung areas,
01:43live in the far-flung areas.
01:44They live in the far-flung areas.
01:45They live in the far-flung areas.
01:46The girls now live in the far-flung areas.
01:47They just want to go to the online areas.
01:48And they don't have necessary transportation.
01:49And as they were running in crowded bus,
01:50the tired bus and the crowd was moving.
01:51And the other door,
01:54there are no buses going.
01:56But now, those buses are going on.
01:59They get free services.
02:00And the other part,
02:01these services are using safer.
02:03I feel like,
02:04Women Empowerment has a good initiative for women.