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Female motortaxi drivers on the rise in Bangkok

Decent wages are attracting women to work as a motortaxi drivers. [Photo: AFP]

Bangkok-Decent wages and a sense of autonomy are attracting more and more women to work as a motortaxi drivers.

Hair pulled back tightly as she lounges on her red scooter, Ar is a rare sight among the male-dominated ranks of Bangkok's motortaxi riders plying their trade on the Thai capital's treacherous roads.

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