To provide building maintenance services while creating quality employment outcomes for young women entering the construction industry
To provide building maintenance services while creating quality employment outcomes for young women entering the construction industry
Habitat Women
Female participation rates in the construction industry are exceptionally low, with women making up only 11% of the total industry workforce and less than 3% of trades.
At the same time, the construction industry ranks as one of the three highest creators of economic value in Australia and is also the second largest employer.
The industry has a projected annual growth rate of 2.4% over the next five years and contributes 9% of Australia’s GDP.
Women face many barriers to employment in the building and construction industry. The physical nature of construction work is often offered as an explanation for the low level of female participation, however, the suite of tools and technologies now in common use mean that very few construction jobs, if any, require a level of physical ability outside the reach of most women in the labour force.
Instead, it is now widely acknowledged that the construction industry’s heavily masculine culture is the primary barrier to women entering the industry, with very few construction employers exercising a strong commitment to gender equality.
Female participation rates in the construction industry are exceptionally low, with women making up only 11% of the total industry workforce and less than 3% of trades.
At the same time, the construction industry ranks as one of the three highest creators of economic value in Australia and is also the second largest employer.
The industry has a projected annual growth rate of 2.4% over the next five years and contributes 9% of Australia’s GDP.
Women face many barriers to employment in the building and construction industry. The physical nature of construction work is often offered as an explanation for the low level of female participation, however, the suite of tools and technologies now in common use mean that very few construction jobs, if any, require a level of physical ability outside the reach of most women in the labour force.
Instead, it is now widely acknowledged that the construction industry’s heavily masculine culture is the primary barrier to women entering the industry, with very few construction employers exercising a strong commitment to gender equality.
