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Meet Khadija, a Motorcycle Repairwoman Breaking Boundaries in Bangladesh

Written byRezwan

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Posted 17 May 2014 0:19 GMT

BRAC blog profiles how girls in Bangladesh are learning lucrative yet unconventional trades for women. Khadija, for example, was forced to drop out of school before finishing fifth grade to help support her family. Not so strange, given that only 55 percent of children in Bangladesh complete their primary education. 

But now, Khadija, who has never driven a motorcycle, can fix one as well as any man.

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