On a mission to encourage women pursue their dreams
The Hindu
Zara Rutherford, a 19-year-old Belgian-British teenager landed in Coimbatore on Thursday as part of her journey, flying solo, across 52 countries to motivate and encourage women to pursue their dreams
Zara Rutherford, a 19-year-old Belgian-British teenager landed in Coimbatore on Thursday as part of her journey, flying solo, across 52 countries to motivate and encourage women to pursue their dreams in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
She will clock 51,000 km in a Shark ultra-light plane and left Belgium on August 18. Ms. Rutherford hopes her journey, which will conclude in the mid of January next year, will help highlight the gender gap in aviation and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics-related careers, said a press release. Coimbatore-based Elgi Equipments is one of the sponsors of Ms. Rutherford’s record-breaking attempt.
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