Abstract
Taking a gender mainstreaming approach to reviewing and developing occupational safety and health legislation -- Developing OSH policies to address gender inequalities in OSH practice -- Ensuring consideration of gender differences in risk management -- OSH research should properly take into account gender differences -- Developing gender sensitive OSH indicators based on sex-disaggregated data -- Promoting equal access to occupational health services and health care for all workers -- Ensuring the participation of both men and women workers and their representatives in OSH measures, health promotion and decision-making -- Developing gender-sensitive OSH information, education and training -- Designing work equipment, tools and personal protective equipment for both men and women -- Working time arrangements and work-life balance. This publication was produced under the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) project “Linking safety and health at work to sustainable economic development: From theory and platitudes to conviction and action” (2009–2012).