According to the Office of National Statistics, the number of women working as roofers, bricklayers and glaziers is so low it's unmeasurable. We need to reverse this trend
Building bridges for women in the construction industry
National Women in Engineering day: the battle to be taken seriously
While just over one in 10 of the UK construction workforce is female, women make up only one per cent of the manual trades. Indeed, the Office for National Statistics has noted that the number of women working as roofers, bricklayers and glaziers is so low as to be unmeasurable.
The perception is that construction remains a male domain, a perception reinforced by signs that read Danger: Men at Work, not Danger: People at Work.
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