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Ethiopia’s Taxi Hailing Industry Falls Short Protecting Female Passengers

On a Friday night about six months ago, a local journalist was on her way home after a long stay at the office. As usual, she went on the Feres taxi-hailing app and requested a corporate ride for a trip from the Stadium area to her home in the city’s outskirts around the Bole Arabsa neighborhood. A driver accepted the trip and informed her that he was on his way to pick her up. Being a regular customer of the Service, she assumed nothing out of the ordinary as she hopped into the vehicle that matched the credentials on the app. Just a few minutes into the ride, she realized that the trip was anything but ordinary as the driver began making sexual advances at her.




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