The Continuous Struggle for the Existence of Females in the Construction Industry in the 21st Century

The Continuous Struggle for the Existence of Females in the Construction Industry in the 21st Century

Gaganpreet Kaur, Nandita Mishra, Puja Singhal
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 18
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8594-8.ch013
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Abstract

The construction industry in India holds second place in the development of the country after the agriculture industry. The construction industry consists of the employment of the most diverse culture of people employed, and the issue of gender inequality is one of the main problems associated with this industry. This chapter focuses on the various issues related to the diversity of the people employed and the gender inequality prevailing among them. A questionnaire was designed which was to be filled by the workers, and a total of 220 respondents were interviewed from different sites of Delhi and NCR. Various questions related to the issues such as gender inequality and other problems faced by the female employees apart from the troubles of the routine problems were asked. The application of various tests applied on the data collected helped to study the issues in detail. Based on the field study, various suggestions and recommendations are provided.
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There are number of safety as well as health risks associated with construction industry and they are now being recognized by the name of occupational safety and health issues now. Many studies have been done on the occupational safety and health measures and the root cause of accidents, (Sageer, Rafat, & Agarwal, Identification of variables affecting employee satisfaction and their impact on the organnization, 2012). Lack of occupational safety as well as lack of the knowledge to use the safety equipment, (S.Chockalingam and T.Sornakumar, 2011) lack of induction as well as regular training provided to the workers, and this situation is even worst when the workers are not provided any safety equipment (S.Kanchana, P.sivaprakash and Sebastian Joseph, 2015). A survey conducted by International Labour organization stated that, “165 out of every 1000 workers are injured during work”.

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