Empowerment: 3 women set out on 70 day drive to London

To pitch for women empowerment, three women has startedtheir 70-day long journey to London from Coimbatore on Sunday.

Coimbatore: Three women have started their 70-day journey in a car from Coimbatore to London covering a total of 24 countries to pitch for women empowerment as a part of Rotary Literacy Mission on Sunday.

The trio has started their journey after Tamil Nadu Urban Development Minister Velumani flagged off the event organised by Rotary Club of Coimbatore Texcity.

The 70-day journey will cover a total of 24,000 kilometres which crosses countries such as Myanmar, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Thailand, China, Russia, Central Europe and Poland.

"We are driving from Coimbatore to London, covering 24,000 kilometres over a period of 70 days. We are carrying Rotary's literacy mission across, seeking empowerment and education for a girl child," One of the female drivers, Priya Rajpal told ANI.

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The three female drivers will address the India diaspora in every country they visit and spread the word on literacy mission, girl child education and women empowerment.

"We are on a mission of stressing the importance of women empowerment through women literacy. We strongly believe that women can be empowered only through literacy and when women are literate, the whole family will be educated, which is good for the society. So, we are driving for a cause," another driver, Mugambika Ratnam told ANI.

"Nobody in the world should tell that the Indian women are still backward, socially and economically suppressed," she added.

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