Cambodia's construction industry is booming, and high-rises are being built across the capital of Phnom Penh. With the city's population doubling over the past four years, it has begun its transformation into a sprawling metropolis. The industry employs a large number of migrant workers who flock to the capital in search of work.

 

Around a third of these workers are women, and photographer Charles Fox's latest project documents them on the building sites. Some of the women are just starting out, others hone skills learnt in the provinces, while others are from the masses of workers who returned from Thailand in 2014 after a crackdown on illegal migrant workers.

 

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Hope they are paid decently and do not get injured. 

5 hours ago, yellowboat said:

Hope they are paid decently and do not get injured. 

 

Hope that they quit this terrible job and come to work at Pattaya instead !

Well, judging from the flip-flops, safety is as far down the scale of importance as it is in LoS.