A Study of Empowerment of Women Construction Workers in Thoothukudi District of Tamil Nadu

Abstract

The construction workers constitute one of the most significant types of workers in the unorganised sector. Construction in recent years has occurred as a growing activity; the growth rate in labour absorption recorded by construction sector is almost thrice as large. It has been generating employment at a rate faster than the industrial sector and thereby manifesting its significance in the city’s development. Eminent economists argue that liberation from poverty, inequality, unemployment, illiteracy and mass deprivation should recognise as the outstanding goals of any development efforts. Construction workers, as an essential constituent of the labour stock and supply, contribute considerably to the effort of realising them grand goals.