Gender and Occupational Safety and Health

The TUC has reconvened its Women’s Health and Safety Working Group. The Group is focussing on a gender-sensitive approach to occupational health and safety and ensuring equal rights to protection for all workers. A Network has been set up so that safety reps can post

• details of recent research on GOSH
• information about what is happening in the UK, Europe and other countries
• requests for information on particular topics
• experience of dealing with gender and health and safety issues
• debates about the best way to develop a gender sensitive approach.

Links

Barefoot research   http://www.tuc.org.uk/h_and_s/index.cfm?mins=493

DIY Research http://www.hazards.org/diyresearch/

Women’s health and safety http://www.hazards.org/women/understrain.htm

Labour Research Department

http://www.lrd.org.uk

The Age and Employment Network (TAEN)

http://www.taen.org.uk

Studies on older men, work and health http://www.taen.org.uk/Publications/ID6871%20Older%20men%20report.pdf and

Studies on older women work and health

http://www.taen.org.uk/Publications/Older%20women,%20Work%20and%20Health.pdf

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) 

HSE New and expectant mothers

www.hse.gov.uk/mothers

HSE leaflet:  Health and Safety of New and Expectant Mothers in the Catering Industry

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/cais19.pdf

HSE Age and gender statistics

http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/demographic.htm

HSE Diversity pages:

http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/diversity/

Pregnancy and Work.  What you need to know as an employee

http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file34285.pdf

NIOSH  (USA)  links to gender pages

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/women/

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nas/ppt/QUADCharts07/8104B_FY07_QC.htm

International Labour Organisation (ILO)

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/gender/womenwk.htm

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/

European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety  (ETUI)   

Report on gender and health and safety

http://hesa.etui-rehs.org/uk/publications/pub28.htm

European Agency for Safety and Health  gender pages

http://osha.europa.eu/topics/gender/index_html

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions  gender-sensitive research reports http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/employment/gender/

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0249.htm

CINBIOSE

A centre for the study of biological interaction in human health at the Université du Québec à Montreal, Canada.  They have a record of pioneering work on ergonomics, gender and occupational health using action-based research methods involving workers.

http://www.cinbiose.uqam.ca/