Women working in construction in India. Over the past several decades India has seen a boom in the construction industry which has attracted workers with multiple levels of skill sets. The unskilled labour is mainly provided by women. Of the female work force in India more than 90% are in the informal sector, of which the construction industry is the largest sector. According to the National Sample Survey Organization, women make up approximately 11% of the construction workforce in India though this figure could be much higher. Workers in the informal sectors do not have regular salaried employment with welfare benefits like workers in the organised sector. Though these women form a large part of the economy their work is never recognised and hence remains invisible and voiceless.

These images make up a larger documentary on women workers and were taken over several years to show women in the construction industry using their only asset – their labour, carrying out back breaking work under hazardous and unprotected work environment.