India's drone women pilots fly high to break new social norms • FRANCE 24 English

For many women like Rupinder Kaur living across India’s rural hinterland, just leaving home for the day is a big deal. But now the resident of India’s northern state of Punjab leaves home several times a week to pilot agricultural drones to help farmers spray pesticides and fertilisers over their crops. The Indian government launched this programme to encourage women to work, in a country where the female labour participation rate is very low.
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