| Document ID (ISN) | 109481 |
| CIS number |
09-358 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0788-4877 - African Newsletter on Occupational Health and Safety |
| Year |
2008 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Neira M., Ngowi A.V.F., Bello B., Wilson K., Kielkowski D., Vekinis D., Kiwekete H.M., El Tehewy M., Habil I., Samy N., Lehtinen S., Kortum E., Leka S., Dartey E., Bye S. |
| Title |
Women and work |
| Bibliographic information |
Dec. 2008, Vol.18, No.3, p.47-63 (whole issue). Illus. Bibl.ref. |
| Internet access |
http://www.ttl.fi/NR/rdonlyres/8B806ABE-2922-428C-BEE7-2D3E66D9B0BD/0/Africannewsletter308.pdf [in English]
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| Abstract |
Contents of this full issue on women at work and other occupational safety and health issues of relevance to African countries: women's work in agriculture in Tanzania; reproductive health and work life in South Africa; women and psychological hazards they face at work, and the plight of immigrant female domestic workers of African origin; baseline survey for developing a chemical safety programme in a hospital in Egypt; East African regional programme on occupational safety and health; developing a European framework for psychosocial risk management with a view to global application; extreme exposure to airborne lead in small industrial enterprises in Ghana; implementing the WHO Global Plan of Action on workers' health. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Africa; ILO; developing countries; women; WHO |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
informal sector; small enterprises; Egypt; Ghana; Tanzania, United Republic of; South Africa; domestic and related helpers, cleaners; psychology and sociology; conditions of work; exposure evaluation; hospitals; migrant workers; agriculture; lead and compounds |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Egypt; Finland; United Kingdom; Ghana; Netherlands; Norway; Tanzania, United Republic of; WHO; South Africa |
| Subject(s) |
Generalities
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
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| Browse category(ies) |
Domestic workers
OSH in developing countries
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