Medical Training for Health

The health and safety policies generally do not gender: the risks specific to women are either ignored or underestimated, the priorities are set for sectors and activities specifically male, etc..

The failure to take into account the issue of women’s health at work is a barrier to the implementation of effective policies for health and equal opportunity. For several years, the BTS and the ESC are trying to mainstream gender in their health policy work. In 2001, they decided to conduct an investigation in the fifteen EU countries to assess the situation on two areas:

*the mainstreaming of gender into health policies and security. The objective was to determine the importance given to issues concerning women’s health when setting priorities, research and statistics, and the importance accorded to them and the respective institutions.
*identification of practical experiences of health practices and safety, taking into account the gender dimension.

The publication presents both a summary of the main themes addressed by the research (the state of knowledge, status and political perspectives) as well as case studies in different countries of the European Union.

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