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50 / 50: What do you think about low percentage of women at bus industry?
Maatouray: May be the industry ' s reliance on shift working can be discouraging to some women who are parents; because as a woman I would rather prefer to work from morning to afternoon, so that I
50 / 50: Do you think more women are needed in the bus industry?
Maatouray: I think that depends on whether women are interested in the job or not, but still the bus companies should try allocate an appropriate work time for them.
50 / 50: regarding these interviews, people came up with different perceptions about the roles of women in the bus industry and how they should( the women) to come forward and show competence in the industry just as they are in other work industry so as to fill the gender gap. but on the other hand 50 / 50 had come to a conclusion that, the bottom line of this whole story is that women needs to build up self-confidence, self-esteem and have positive mind that whatever men can do women can do it even better.
Written by: Sarata Jabbi
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