Mainstreaming Gender Into Occupational Safety and HealthThis report is the outcome of a seminar held in Brussels on 15th June 2004. The aims of the seminar were firstly to share information on gender and occupational safety and health (OSH) issues, including a gender-sensitive approach in OSH and how gender can be mainstreamed into OSH, and secondly to facilitate discussion and debate among EU and national authorities, social partners and experts on how to take forward gender issues in OSH. It includes proposals for taking forward gender issues in OSH. |
Contents
Gender sensitivity in OSH the way forward in the | 12 |
Developing a gendersensitive approach to OSH perspectives experiences | 19 |
Closing remarks common goals and cooperation | 26 |
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Mainstreaming Gender Into Occupational Safety and Health European Agency for Safety and Health at Work No preview available - 2005 |
Mainstreaming Gender Into Occupational Safety and Health: Some Findings from ... No preview available - 2011 |
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