New risks and trends in the safety and health of women at work
In 2009 and 2010, the Agency commissioned an update to its previous research
on gender issues at work (EU-OSHA, 2003a), which found that inequality both within and outside the workplace can have an effect on the health and safety of women at work . This report provides that update and the first figures on the effects of the recent economic downturn on women at work. It aims to fulfil the task outlined by the European strategy on health and safety at work (EC, 2002) for EU-OSHA’s European
Risk Observatory: ‘examining the specific challenges in terms of health and safety posed by the more extensive integration of women in the labour market’.
