“…Myriads of these challenges are exhibited in cultural and structural barriers, such as harassment and discrimination, limited networking opportunities and long and inflexible working hours (Whittock, 2002;Dainty and Bagilhole, 2006;Lingard and Francis, 2006). Other barriers to women's participation in the industry include the poor image of the industry (Afolabi et al, 2016), heavy nature of industry, weak forbearance working in open conditions, harsh weather and foul language (Dainty, Bagilhole, and Neale, 2000;Agapiou, 2002); emotional stress and sexual harassment (Kehinde and Okoli (2004), lack of career knowledge (Amaratunga et al 2006), family interferences, dearth of construction industry mentors, coequal pressure and low educational attainment (Whittock, 2002), vulnerable working environment (ILO, 2011).…”