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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-01-15"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Community strategy on health and safety at work 2007-2012 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080115.5.2-012"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-01-15-Speech-2-0132
lpv:speaker	lp:Edit Bauer2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality stresses in its opinion that the most significant health problems presented by women and caused by their working conditions are musculoskeletal disorders and psychological problems, on the one hand. On the other hand, it stresses that the need to analyse the risks that women and men face and take appropriate measures does not mean the reintroduction of protective policies of exclusion, nor does it mean developing different jobs for women and men. Even though the framework of Community occupational safety and health (OSH) directives is neutral in its approach to gender, it is not a sufficient reason for work-related risks to women’s health and safety to be underestimated and neglected compared to the risk to men’s health and safety, both in terms of prevention and research. Workers, male and female, across the European Union are exposed to different risks in their workplaces: chemical, biological and physical agents, adverse ergonomic conditions, a complex mix of accident hazards and safety risks, together with various psycho-social factors. Therefore, women and men do not constitute a homogeneous group. Consequently, strategies and measures to improve OSH must be specifically adapted to particular workplaces, taking into account the fact that some factors might affect women and men differently. The opinion also stresses new risk factors such as harassment, violence and bullying by clients at the workplace, mainly in public service sectors that employ mostly women. Finally, it emphasises the need to consider the introduction of hazard, risk and prevention concepts in school curricula and the educational systems in general as an effective means of building a strong and sustained preventative safety and health culture."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; LIBE (2007-03-20--2009-07-13)3 member; FEMM (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Strana mad'arskej koalície - Magyar Koalíció Pártja (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; EMPL (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Japan (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2007-04-26--2009-07-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-03-22)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with India (2007-04-26--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality"1 "Edit Bauer,"1

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