Monthly Archives: July 2015

The Women in Hard Hats

Posted on July 27, 2015 by

I hope to visit the Archana Women’s Centre (AWC), near Kottayam in Kerala, when I am in India next year. The Centre is training women in the skilled construction trades. Here is an article from the Times of India on … Continue reading →

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Rethinking Cities in the Global South: Urban Violence, Social Inequality and Spatial Justice

Posted on July 23, 2015 by

January 20 to 22, 2016 at the Tata institute of Social Sciences Mumbai At a time when the global south is being reconstituted by the force of urbanization there is simultaneously hope and despair. Hope in that cities of the … Continue reading →

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Construction Labourers Demonstrate for Unorganised Workers

Posted on July 22, 2015 by

According to The Hindu, “Eighty-three members, including 45 women, of the AITUC were arrested on Tuesday when they attempted to stage of road roko.” Among the demands were maternity benefits for women construction workers. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/labourers-stage-demonstration/article7449755.ece

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The beginning

Posted on July 22, 2015 by

In 1995, my friend and research partner, carpenter Liz Skidmore, came back from the UN Conference on Women in Beijing and told me an amazing story. In a workshop for tradeswomen that Liz and Connie Ashbrook (elevator constructor and Director … Continue reading →

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