Gender Equality in the Construction Industry

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Gender Equality in the Construction Industry
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• You can seldom, if never, see a woman working in
  the construction sites before. Because of
  cultural perception in the society that women is
  in the inferior side of the community and
  construction requires manual labor, it is
  unacceptable for the industry to employ women,
  even in todays generation that gender equality
  is being practiced.

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• In some sectors of construction, women are being
  given a chance, not in the operations but in the
  administrative work. Axis Capital Group, a
  company which sells and rents capital equipment
  based in Singapore has female employees doing
  office works. In its branch in Jakarta,
  Indonesia, though, the employment of women is
  still under strict considerations, putting into
  interest the fact that Indonesia is one of the
  biggest Islam countries in the world where the
  rights of men are more defined than that of
  women.

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• In London, when one of the executive at the
  construction of Thames Tideway Tunnel announced
  to achieve gender parity in 2023, he was replied
  by disbelief and unvoiced complaints. It is
  understandable considering the fact that
  construction industry is distinctly known as a
  mans world.

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• Unknown by many, there are already a lot of women
  in the construction workforce. In India where
  there are thousands of graduates every year and a
  few job opportunities, both men and women alike
  are forced to try working in the construction
  field. There are currently 450 strong female
  workers registered to be construction operators
  and manual laborers.
• There are also factors that drive women to try
  manual labor and its complexities

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• Influence of socializers (such as parents and
  teachers).
• Knowledge of the industry (gained through careers
  advice, insight courses and friends and family in
  the industry).
• Subject ability (particularly in maths and
  science) and practical skills.
• Perceived career rewards (such as salary, future
  prospects, employability) and,
• Social identity (for example, wanting to make a
  contribution to society).

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• Continuously, women are trying to prove their
  worth in society. In a review on some personal
  reasons that motivates women, stereotyping is one
  of the main driving forces. While many think that
  women cannot do manual labor, there are some
  women who enter this field to prove otherwise.

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• There are, of course, an array of discourse
  against it and contradictions but women
  construction students and workers Factors
  impacting on career decisions included are able
  to demonstrate some resistance to cultural norms
  on an individual level (for example, taking
  pleasure in the challenge of working in a male
  dominated industry), but that this capacity is
  also limited by structural inequalities in
  society and the industry that suggest
  construction is not a suitable career for women.