Female construction workers are commonplace on Burmese building sites. Are they empowered or exploited?In the mountain village of Kalaw, Myanmar, a group of women in bamboo hats are busy laying the foundations of a road. They woke up at dawn, ate mohinga fish soup for breakfast and then joined other female colleagues in the boiling sun. Surrounded by red soil and gravel, the five-month baby of 21-year-old Cho Mi Ko is also on the roadside. He is sleeping under a makeshift shelter, oblivious to his mother’s hard labour.The sight of women building roads is common in Myanmar. From the rural Read More

Source:: The Guardian