Women on Mumbai’s traffic lights: a sign of India’s long road to gender equality

This month, some of Mumbai’s 12 million people will see something different when they cross the road – at certain traffic lights, the little red and green figures will now be in dresses instead of trousers. The authorities of one of India’s largest metropolises have replaced the traditional male stick figures with female silhouettes on more than 100 traffic lights on a stretch of road, becoming the first city to do so in what it calls a step towards gender equality. “The idea behind this is…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3098404/women-mumbais-traffic-lights-sign-indias-long-road-gender