Building India’s cities, silent workforce of women goes unrecognized

This Jan 11, 2015 article by Nita Bhallo from Reuters describes the conditions of many of India’s women construction workers and the work of SEWA in training women and educating them on their rights.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/12/us-india-women-construction-idUSKBN0KL00920150112

Women labourers work at the construction site of a road in Kolkata January 8, 2015. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

Women labourers work at the construction site of a road in Kolkata January 8, 2015. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

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