Kudumbashree Construction Team

In India construction industry is the second largest and a fast growing sector and incidentally Kerala having its huge potential in the sector. Though role of women account for half (51%) of the total construction labour force, women are almost exclusively unskilled, casual manual laborers: carrying bricks ,cement, sand, and water, digging earth, mixing cement, breaking stones, and women are rarely found in male-dominated skilled trades: carpentry, masonry, plumbing, electrical wiring etc. Training on construction activity for kudumbashree members aims to provide skill training for various trades in the construction industry for enhancing the skill of the women in construction related activities such that a sustainable income is generated and eventually these trained women members will be grouped into All Women Community Construction Contractors based at block level and Urban Local Body level in the state.