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Transport: Taxis for women only

Cairo may soon get a taxi service run by women and for women only, according to a recent report in the Jerusalem Post, Israel’s main English language newspaper.

The success of an all-women taxi service in Beirut has sparked similar interest in the Egyptian capital where there are already facilities for women only on the subway services. However first reactions have been negative among progressive women as they feel that an exclusive service will seem to reinforce discrimination against women rather than offer them protection from aggressive men.

Not many appear to see it as an anti-harassment service along the lines of those that are now available in London and Mexico City, as well as in South Korea and in Dubai, which is now planning to launch a women-only bus service in the spring.

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