Employment Rights of Female Employees in the Construction Industry: The Case of Bole Arabssa Condominium Housing Building Project in Addis Ababa

Balew, Estifanos (2017) Employment Rights of Female Employees in the Construction Industry: The Case of Bole Arabssa Condominium Housing Building Project in Addis Ababa. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

This study evaluates and assesses the status of employment rights of female employees in construction industry based on a case study conducted in Bole Arabssa condominium houses building construction project site in Addis Ababa. There is no a research conducted on construction industry female employee’s employment rights to study gender segregation. Therefore, the basic objective of the study is assessing the status of employment rights of female employees in the construction industry. The study analyses the existing different legal instruments and policy frameworks that safeguarded rights of female employees. It addresses the major challenges of female employees in the construction industry, the nature and root causes for the violation of employment rights of female employees in the area, and lived experiences of female employees at construction workplace. The study used qualitative research method where different data collection tools were used during the research. Both primary and secondary sources of data were used. The study has explored, interpreted, and evaluated meanings, lived experiences of informants, collected through interview, Focus group discussion, observation and informal talks. The findings of the study point at the multifaceted violation of rights of female construction workers and the myriads of challenges they face. This study found that the practice employment rights of female employees in the construction industry are far from what human rights documents supposed to. Violation of the right to work (discrimination from employment such as segregation during employment and protection from unemployment), violation of rights at work (violation of employment rights at workplace such as wage discrimination, absence of maternity protection, health and safety protections) and job insecurity and workload are violations of female employee’s basic employment rights that faced them at workplace.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Divisions:	Africana
Depositing User:	Kabiru Wallace Ndung'u
Date Deposited:	24 Jun 2019 09:35
Last Modified:	24 Jun 2019 09:35
URI:	http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/9286

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