article_snippet: The ride-hailing company, which links drivers to riders through an app, announced plans this month to create 1 million jobs for women as drivers by 2020 — suggesting aggressive growth plans for the coming five years.
article_snippet: It offers the chance to be entrepreneurial, the chance to balance work and family.'
article_snippet: The pledge comes as the rapidly expanding company deals with fallout over incidents of assaults by drivers from Boston and Chicago to Delhi.
article_snippet: The ride-hailing company, which links drivers to riders through an app, announced plans this month to create 1 million jobs for women as drivers by 2020 — suggesting aggressive growth plans for the coming five years.
article_snippet: But the app's growth has also cause friction with existing taxi operations, and posed challenges for regulators.
article_snippet: Since launching in 2010, Uber has also been dubbed a prime example of a 'disruptive' economic force, and taxi drivers in dozens of cities have staged protests against the firm.