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PHOTO GALLERY: Egypt's first women-only taxi service 'Pink Taxi'




Female drivers of the Pink Taxi company stand in front of a taxi from the company in Cairo, Egypt, September 6, 2015. Pink uniforms, a pink logo on the cars, and even pink nail polish (Reuters)

Mervat al-Badry, a Pink Taxi driver, parks her taxi in Cairo, Egypt, September 6, 2015. Pink uniforms, a pink logo on the cars, and even pink nail polish (Reuters)

Mervat al-Badry, a Pink Taxi driver, sits behind the wheel of her taxi as colleagues chat in a parking lot in Cairo, Egypt, September 6, 2015. Pink uniforms, a pink logo on the cars, and even pink nail polish - it's all part of the look of women-drivers working for Egypt's first women-only taxi service. The Pink Taxi company hires only women drivers and gives rides (Reuters)

Reem Fawzy (R), the director of the Pink Taxi company, speaks with her team of women drivers at her office in Cairo, Egypt, September 6, 2015 (Reuters)

Drivers of the Pink Taxi company make their way to their taxis before starting work at the company's office in Cairo, Egypt, September 6, 2015. Pink uniforms, a pink logo on the cars, and even pink nail polish - it's all part of the look of women-drivers working for Egypt's first women-only taxi service. The Pink Taxi (Reuters)

Female drivers of the Pink Taxi company gather in the company's office before starting work in Cairo, Egypt, September 6, 2015. Pink uniforms, a pink logo on the cars, and even pink nail polish (Reuters)

Reem Fawzy (L), the director of the Pink Taxi company stands in a parking lot with women drivers in Cairo, Egypt, September 6, 2015. Pink uniforms, a pink logo on the cars, and even pink nail polish - it's all part of the look of women-drivers working for Egypt's first women-only taxi service. The Pink Taxi (Reuters)

A man walks past a Pink Taxi at a parking lot in Cairo, Egypt, September 6, 2015. Pink uniforms, a pink logo on the cars, and even pink nail polish - it's all part of the look of women-drivers working for Egypt's first women-only taxi service. The Pink (Reuters)

Female drivers of the Pink Taxi company stand in a parking lot, as a regular taxi drives past in Cairo, Egypt, September 6, 2015. Pink uniforms, a pink logo on the cars, and even pink nail polish (Reuters)

Drivers of the Pink Taxi company listen to an auto mechanic at a parking lot in Cairo, Egypt, September 6, 2015. Pink uniforms, a pink logo on the cars, and even pink nail polish - it's all part of the look of women (Reuters)

Reem Fawzy (L), the director of the Pink Taxi company, stands with her drivers in a parking lot in Cairo, Egypt, September 6, 2015. Pink uniforms, a pink logo on the cars, and even pink nail polish - it's all part of the look of women (Reuters)

Drivers of the Pink Taxi company walk towards their taxis before starting work at the company's office in Cairo, Egypt, September 6, 2015. Pink uniforms, a pink logo on the cars, and even pink nail polish - it's all part of the look of women. (Reuters)

A pink logo on the cars, and even pink nail polish - it's all part of the look of women-drivers working for Egypt's first women-only taxi service. The Pink Taxi company hires only women drivers and gives rides to only female passengers.

The company was started in an effort to provide a safe taxi service for women in a country with high rates of sexual harassment, said Reem Fawzy, the director of the company