Grab Philippines and partner motorcycle taxi
company MOVE IT recognized their top female driver- and delivery-partners on
Sunday, March 17, at the Babae Ako, Babiyahe Ako: Women’s Month Event.
Recognized for their exemplary performance, high order and ride completion, and
positive customer rating, the awardees stand as paragons of female excellence
on the road.
Among the awardees is Veronica Arabe, a
66-year-old GrabTaxi driver-partner from Baguio City. “Bilang isang single
parent, napakalaki po nang nabago sa aking buhay buhat noong ako ay
nag-GrabTaxi. Isa po sa mga pinakamahalagang naidulot sa akin ng GrabTaxi ay
ang pagpapatapos ko ng aking tatlong anak sa kolehiyo. Blessing po talaga ito
sa aming mag-anak,” shares Arabe. Having started on the Grab platform in 2019,
Arabe shares that Grab has made her more confident in steering the wheel daily,
traversing roads safely and worry-free as she relies on features such as
passenger identification, GrabMaps, and Share-Your-Ride.
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| 66-year-old Veronica Arabe proudly represents the Grab fleet from Baguio City, which she has been a part of since 2019 |
Joining Arabe in the roster of women driver
honorees is the youngest GrabCar driver-partner in Iloilo City – 22-year-old
Arianne Hinara Claire Geguera. Having just finished her Bachelor of Science
(B.S.) in Criminology at the St. Therese MTC- Colleges, Geguera immediately
joined GrabCar as she prepares for the next chapter in her career. “After
graduation, sumali po ako agad sa GrabCar para maging driver-partner. Ito po ay
para makapag-ipon ako pang-review at board exam. Nagiging stepping stone ko po
ang Grab sa pag-fulfill po ng aking pangarap na maging parte ng Tri-Bureau.”
Geguera shares she appreciates the flexibility of time being a GrabCar driver.
Being her own boss, she gets to balance her own time as she allots some days
for her board exam review.
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| Arianne Hinara Claire Geguera joined the GrabCar fleet in Iloilo right after graduation to save up for her board exam expenditures |
The top two-wheel women drivers also took
center stage during the event, and one of them is Sheryl Barrantes from MOVE
IT. Barrantes reveals that even though she has been with MOVE IT for just under
a year, she has already seen how she is
able to achieve optimal earnings on the moto-taxi platform, which she uses to
support her family. “Ang ganda po ng kita ko sa MOVE IT. Dito ko po kinukuha
ang pang-dialysis ng aking tatay at ang pangangailangan naming sa araw-araw.
Ang mga kagaya ko pong female MOVE IT riders na nandirito ngayon ang patunay na
ang kalsada at ang pangraride-hailing ay di lamang para sa mga kalalakihan.”
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| Sheryl Barrantes (center) supports the medical needs of her father through her earnings on the MOVE IT platform |
Hailing from different backgrounds yet these
brave, dedicated female drivers and riders share a loud and clear call for all
current and aspiring women Ate Grab
and Ate MOVE IT: “Kayang-kaya rin
namin 'yan!”. Besides the awardees, thousands other women drivers from all over
the Philippines flocked to the Metro Tent Convention Center in Pasig as the
leading superapp and the homegrown moto-taxi company reiterated their
commitment to creating inclusive livelihood opportunities for every Filipino –
shaping a more gender-neutral transportation sector.
Grab Philippines, together with MOVE IT, has
recently rolled out a comprehensive Women Program under the social-upliftment
campaign GrabAsenso. The key facets of the program include a series of
trainings on topics like vehicle maintenance, first aid, and preventive
servicing co-facilitated with agencies TESDA, MMDA and Philippine Commission on
Women. The leading superapp has also officially activated its Women Preference
Toggle – a new tech feature on the Grab driver app that is exclusive to women
driver-partners. The Women Preference Toggle prioritizes the pairing of women
drivers with female passengers, singinifcantly increasing the confidence of
driver-partners in safely plying the roads of the metro.
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