European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Mainstreaming gender into occupational safety and health practice
14 november 2014
Table of Contents
Foreword
1 Executive summary
2 Introduction
3 Overview of cases
3.1 Approach by national and intermediary organisations
3.2 Approach at workplace level
4 Case studies: approach by national and intermediary organisations
4.1 The Austrian Labour Inspectorate’s approach to gender mainstreaming into OSH, Austria
4.2 The Danish interministerial gender-mainstreaming project: Action Plan 2002-2011, Denmark
4.3 Finnish Gender Equality Act, Finland
4.4 Gender aspect — OSH in Finland — Strategy and practices, Finland
4.5 Gender-sensitive design of occupational health management in the public administration of Berlin, Germany
4.6 A woman-sensitive approach focused on equal opportunities in the Italian railway sector, Italy
4.7 The autonomous community of Madrid and occupational risk prevention from a gender perspective, Spain
4.8 Integrating gender mainstreaming in occupational risk prevention for Navarra, Spain
4.9 Development and implementation of a diversity programme by a national OSH authority, United Kingdom
4.10 Purple Boots Campaign, United Kingdom
4.11 Promoting a workplace approach to testicular and prostate cancer, United Kingdom
4.12 Mainstreaming gender into the activities of an international occupational health professional society
4.13 Incorporating gender into WHO’s healthy workplaces model, WHO
5 Case studies: approach at the workplace level
5.1 A gender-sensitive approach to MSD prevention in a printing company, France
5.2 Supporting women employees and a family-friendly company culture, Germany
5.3 Gender mainstreaming in the risk assessment of psychological stress, Germany
5.4 A positive initiative for female workers’ safety in the transport sector at Met.Ro. SpA Group, Italy
5.5 PPE corresponding to women’s needs at work within various economic sectors - Romania
5.6 Bringing gender equality into the ergonomic design of food preparation areas, United Kingdom
5.7 Olympic Delivery Authority’s ‘Women into Construction’ project, United Kingdom
5.8 ‘Male-friendly’ staff wellness programme reduces absence at Royal Mail, United Kingdom
6 Snapshots
6.1 Approach by national and intermediary organisations
6.1.1 Women and OSH, Australia
6.1.2 A gender-sensitive approach to OSH integration within SMEs’ organisational culture; a Brazilian–Canadian project (EOHSBI), Brazil, Canada
6.1.3 Canadian Women’s Health Network, Canada
6.1.4 PPE for women, Canada
6.1.5 Implementation of gender issues in OSH: national approach and strategy, Czech Republic
6.1.6 World of Management Ltd, Finland.
6.1.7 Guidelines for Practice ‘Occupational Health for Women’, Germany
6.1.8 Developments in Diversity Europe Project, Germany
6.1.9 Gender-sensitive legislation and actions on OSH, Hungary
6.1.10 ‘Women and work’ contest in Umbria, Italy
6.1.11 Integration of gender dimension into national policy by training, Luxembourg
6.1.12 Brochure ‘Desire to have children, pregnancy and substances at work’, The Netherlands
6.1.13 Information campaign in the workplace about pregnancy and reproductive toxins: ‘Babyproofbox’, The Netherlands
6.1.14 Coaching for women trying to return to work, The Netherlands
6.1.15 Fewer women with a work disability pension, The Netherlands
6.1.16 Healthy working for young, educated women, The Netherlands
6.1.17 The diversity quick scan, The Netherlands
6.1.18 Integrating gender into a trade-union safety representative guide, United Kingdom
6.1.19 Developing guidelines on menopause and work, United Kingdom
6.1.20 Mainstreaming gender into the OSH activities of a trades union confederation, United Kingdom
6.1.21 Liberty Mutual Manual Materials Handling Tables, USA
6.1.22 Women in the construction workplace: providing equitable safety and health protection, USA
6.1.23 Wear BLUE, USA
6.1.24 Designing safer truck cabs for a diverse workforce, USA
6.1.25 IEA’s Gender and Work Technical Committee, International
6.1.26 Incorporating OSH into a global project on women in the informal economy, International
6.2 Approach at the workplace level
6.2.1 Improving the treatment of gender in ergonomic interventions and epidemiological investigations, Canada
6.2.2 A gender-sensitive OSH approach in railway transport, Croatia
6.2.3 Flexible hours and health programme to retain older care workers, Denmark
6.2.4 Improving working conditions for pregnant employees in the magistrate of Bremerhaven, Germany
6.2.5 Tackling gender health inequalities at work by use of gender-disaggregated data, Germany
6.2.6 Creating new professional opportunities for highly qualified women through information and training in health and safety, environmental and quality management, Greece
6.2.7 Improving the work capacity of older female workers, Finland
6.2.8 Ergonomics and employability in a car manufacturer, Slovenia
6.2.9 Impact of laughter yoga and therapy on occupational stress, South Africa
6.2.10 Urban and interurban bus drivers: psychosocial risk factors, and the development of suitable working clothes for women bus drivers, Spain
6.2.11 Inclusion of gender in OSH in the region of Cantabria, Spain
6.2.12 Inclusion of gender in OSH in the region of Galicia, Spain
6.2.13 Actions to incorporate gender into OSH in the Catalan region, Spain.
6.2.14 Inclusion of gender in occupational risk prevention by the regional government of Andalucia, Spain
6.2.15 Women and PPE, United Kingdom
6.2.16 Grampian Fire and Rescue Service’s Gender Equality Scheme, United Kingdom
6.2.17 Gender equality planning in transport, United Kingdom
7 Additional examples
8 Discussion and conclusions
9 Overview tables of the cases
9.1 Cases by main achievements
9.2 Categorisation by risks and issues
9.3 Classification of cases
9.3.1 Full case studies
9.3.2 Snapshots
10 References and further information
Annexes
Annex 1: Glossary
Annex 2: Gender mainstreaming
Annex 3: A model for making risk assessment more gender-sensitive
Annex 4: Worker participation methods to increase the involvement of women
Annex 5: Selected findings, conclusions and recommendations on gender issues in safety and health at work from previous EU-OSHA reports
© European Agency for Safety and Health atWork, 2014
Fonte: osha.europa.eu