Breaking Chains: Women Pilots Soaring Above the Sky of Patriarchy
Breaking Chains: Women Pilots Soaring Above the Sky of Patriarchy It is in the history of humankind when the flight was considered a manly domain. Project Udaan, a project of InAmigos Foundation, is a testimony to how these women are breaking free of the chains of patriarchy and making the sky their playground. Aviation has been a space defined by many misconceptions and biases that view flying as too risky or unfeminine for women. However, these women who choose this field are breaking free of all shackles and proving the naysayers wrong. Women have faced many challenges due to the sky-high barriers imposed by the society of patriarchy in the field of aviation. Worldwide, there is barely five percent representation of women pilots in the world, with even fewer cases seen in countries such as India. The society tends to discourage the practice by discouraging parents from allowing girls to take up piloting as a career since it is vie...
