On the road with Mexico’s female truck drivers - BBC 100 Women, BBC World Service Documentaries

Clara, Liszt and Paty are breaking gender barriers in the male-dominated cargo transport industry - they are some of Mexico’s traileras, women truck drivers travelling long distances on the country’s dangerous routes.

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Robberies and abuse are part of the hazards they face in the job - but the traileras are determined to overcome adversity. BBC 100 Women rides with them as they work to make a better life for their families and change the face of the next generation of drivers in Latin America.

00:00 Introduction
01:37 Driving in a male-dominated industry where only 3% of drivers are women
02:10 Clara’s story: “I didn’t know that it was violence”
05:14 Liszt’s story: “I would like to spend more time at home, but life is expensive”
08:10 Meeting Paty, the trainee
09:46 “I always dreamt of driving a red convertible”
11:53 Pit stop at La Lupita: “Roads are unsafe now”
13:40 Held at gunpoint: The story of the robberies
17:29 How to stay safe at night
18:16 Hope: “Companies are giving women a chance, but there’s still work to do”
20:48 Finally home

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Filmed, produced and directed by Alvaro Alvarez
Reporting by Montserrat Bustos, Leire Ventas
Local producer: Ulises Escamilla
Executive producer: Valeria Perasso
BBC Americas editor: Tamara Gil
BBC 100 Women editor: Golnoosh Golshani
Commissioning editor: Vara Szajkowski
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