A STUDY OF PROBLEMS FACED BY WOMEN CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES IN TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT

Abstract

The Construction sector has the largest number of unorganized workers in India. They are the backbone of our nation.  Both men and women are integral part of the society. Women join as unskilled workers and remain unskilled till the end of their working life span. Construction Sector comes under Unorganized Sector of country. The term Unorganized workers has been defined as those workers who have not been able to organize themselves in pursuit of their common interest due to certain constraints like casual nature of employment, ignorance and illiteracy, small and scattered size of establishment etc., The researcher concentrated only on the women employees who are working in the construction sector and how they are facing difficulties in the work place. Majority of the women construction employees are facing lots of difficulties like absence of social security, low wages, sexual harassment, gender discrimination, etc., Researcher adopted Descriptive Research Design Data was collected from 100 construction women employees in Tirunelveli district the researcher has been selected the simple Random sampling from probability sample Design. The data for this study has been collected through primary source. The primary data for this study was collected with the help of the questionnaire. The secondary data was collected from the library and computer. The major findings of construction women employees most of the difficulties will be discussed in the full paper.

Keywords: Women, Construction employees, Problems faced by women employees