Kerala women break age-old taboos
Women in southern Indian state learn art of plumbing to fill skills vacuum left by men who have migrated.
Published On 16 Apr 2012
In the southern Indian state of Kerala, age-old taboos are being broken as jobs once dominated by men are now being filled by women.
From low-income families, their decision to study plumbing aims to fill a void left by skilled men who have migrated to work abroad.
Al Jazeera’s Sohail Rahman reports from Kollam, Kerala.