Before you wouldn't find women driving taxis here, and now … - Esther Mbabazi

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Before you wouldn't find women driving taxis here, and now you see it. There are men who cook now in Rwanda, when, in an African culture, women have to cook. So I think eventually things change. If you really work hard and you prove that you can do something well, I don't think there's a question of you being a woman, it doesn't come into the equation.

Esther Mbabazi

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Mbabazi Esther (born 1988) is a professional commercial airline pilot in Rwanda, a member country of the East African Community. She is the first female in Rwanda to become certified as a commercial airline pilot. She flies for RwandAir, the national airline of Rwanda.

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