The ‘L-Team’ Women Remind Us No Job Is Only a ‘Man’s’ Job

A group of 14 women in Kerala, known as the ‘L-Team’, are breaking gender stereotypes.

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Here’s 14 female engineers, working hard and inspiring millions of young women. They’re challenging stereotypes and sexist notions of what women can and cannot do; they call themselves the ‘L-Team’, the ‘L’ proudly standing for ‘Ladies’.

The group of women are part of an all women’s maintenance team, responsible to ensure passenger safety aboard the Indian Railways. They oversee the maintenance of four rakes or 80 train coaches and conduct mandatory preventive safety checks.

The work they do has, for generations, been considered ‘men’s’ work, given the technical skill and strength it requires. Clearly, these women disagree, and decided to shatter gender-normative division of labour.

An all-women team of Railway employees in Kerala are leading the way in breaking new ground and smashing stereotypes. The team of 14 women, lead by a woman supervisor, is looking after the maintenance of train coaches, a job traditionally dominated by men. https://t.co/DyAhyfKnjr

— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) July 7, 2019