The bicycle \u201chas done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world”.<\/p>\n That’s what American suffragist Susan B Anthony famously said. For schoolgirls in India, it rings true. <\/p>\n Nibha Kumari lives in Bihar, India\u2019s poorest state, and uses a government-provided bicycle to travel two hours daily from home to school and back.<\/p>\n With mobility being challenging for girls and public transport unreliable, Nibha says cycling “changed [her] life”. <\/p>\n Bhuvaneshwari Kumari, a health worker in Begusarai, says girls have “gained a lot of confidence” since cycling, and “more and more of them are going to school now”.<\/p>\n Tap the link in @BBCNews’s bio to read how many more students went to school after being given a free bicycle.<\/p>\n #India #Cycling #BBCNews <\/p>\n \ud83d\udcf8 Getty \/ AP<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The bicycle \u201chas done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world”. That’s … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[12782,4918,98],"yoast_head":"\n
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