Women working on construction site in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Being at the bottom of the economic ladder women often have to carry out manual labour in return for low wages. Women’s mobility is culturally constrained and women need to negotiate with patriarchy in order to join the male dominated labour market outside the home. While surmounting these constraints, women enter into full-time paid employment. However, the treatment of both men and women is not equal and this is particularly so in the construction sector. Bangladesh.

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