At 31 International Congress on Occupational Safety and Health, (A + A) of 3 to 6 was held November 2009 in Dusseldorf, was the first time the issue of gender will be placed prominently in a workshop. The workshop was held under the title:
Gender equitable practices in occupational safety and health promotion
and headed by Marianne way by the Hessian Ministry of Labour, Family and Health. She heads the Health and Safety Division.
members of the network of gender in work and health presented results of action-oriented Research and examples of good practice and tools for operational implementation. The relevance, role models and practical transferability of the presented approaches were the subject of discussion.
The event was to motivate the health and safety responsibilities and tasks, to include the approach to gender mainstreaming in the activities of the actors in the company health and safety in the risk assessment in prevention and workplace health promotion, it was shown how and with what "added value" Gender mainstreaming realizable.
The dimension "sex" means analytically and practically involved with: the more quality (problem or Hazard) analysis, higher target and accuracy of policies and measures, better acceptance and feedback from stakeholders and managers.
The examples were from the shipbuilding, mining and chemical industries, the IT sector, service sector, retail and public administration.
They showed
- that gender differences and, the influence stresses during operation, at work there,
- that the operational management of work-related stresses and risks of gender roles (stereotypes) is affected
- that the individual Perception and Coping patterns of workers depend on their gender,
- be that the effectiveness and success of the safety organization, management of occupational safety and workplace health promotion increased if they take into account gender issues systematically.
Lectures:
14:00 - 14:15 clock
occupational safety and health promotion of gender justice better?
Marianne way, Hessian Ministry of Labour, Family and Health / Barbara Reuhl, workers Bremen Chamber
14:15 - 14:30 clock
over spending and health - the pressures of jobs for men in the shipyard industry and in the IT industry
Dr. Wolfgang Hien, Research Office of Labour, Health and biographies
14:35 - 14:50 clock
project Gender / stress - Tailored practical approaches to psychological stress
in business, administration and telecommunications
Michael Gümbel, subject GbR Organisation Consulting
14:55 - 15:10 clock
health promotion for women and men in chemical companies and the energy
Maria Büntgen, Orbet organizational planning & business analysis
15:15 - 15:35 clock
Corporate Health management and gender mainstreaming in the Berlin administration
Jörg Bewersdorf, Berliner tax
15:40 - 15:55 clock
Clean, safe, confident
Bärbel Lohmann, specialized services for occupational health and safety of the Free and Hanseatic City of Bremen
16:00 - 17:00 Panel Discussion clock
Occupational Safety and Health Promotion - more gender-balanced?
Chair: Barbara Reuhl, workers Bremen Chamber
It discussed:
Marianne way
Michael Gümbel
Dr. Wolfgang Hien
Sabine Herberg, Bayer CropScience AG
find summaries of the papers on the website of the A + A (here) .
