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"For a number of years past, the Montreal-based CINBIOSE centre (the Centre for the study of biological interactions in environmental health - University of Quebec) has been conducting research to make visible and gain recognition for aspects of women's work which are bad for their physical or mental health. This research stems from the concerns and needs voiced by women workers themselves. Most of it is conducted in partnership with the three main Quebec trade unions. Through their scientific research and commitment to making workplaces healthy and safe, the team aims to shed light on what has so far remained invisible. We thought this was a lead which should be brought to European attention. It shows the immense potential contribution of action-oriented research to improving equal opportunities and working conditions."

"We empirically study the role of different family policies in affecting women's labor market behavior in the European Union. Women tend to assume more family duties than men and, consequently, often participate less in the labor market. Family policies aim to support families in general while a particular focus is on helping women to reconcile family duties with labor market participation. Their impact, however, is not clear, especially when it comes to different forms of labor market activity. We use a static and dynamic panel econometric framework examining the link between financial support for four types of family policies and labor force participation as well as (part-time and full-time) employment. The results suggest no stable significant impact of expenditures on family policies on overall labor force participation. However, higher spending on family allowance, cash benefits, and daycare benefits appears to promote part-time employment, whereas only spending on parental leave schemes is a significant positive determinant of women's full-time employment."

"This book explores the politics of gender and democracy in post-communist Europe. Utilising the concept of political representation, the book scrutinises women's legislative presence and highlights the opportunities and obstacles to parity democracy in this region of Europe. The book examines the link between women's membership of national parliaments and the substantive representation of gender interests. It investigates the role of civil society, the state and the European Union in representing women's interests and in promoting gender politics. The book provides an important and timely contribution to the classical political questions of who represents, what is represented, and how representation takes place. In adopting an integrated approach to political representation, the book extends current understanding of this fundamental concept. Using new research, it provides the first comprehensive comparative analysis of the interplay between emerging democracies and gender politics in post-communist Europe."

"For a number of years past, the Montreal-based CINBIOSE centre (the Centre for the study of biological interactions in environmental health - University of Quebec) has been conducting research to make visible and gain recognition for aspects of women's work which are bad for their physical or mental health. This research stems from the concerns and needs voiced by women workers themselves. Most of it is conducted in partnership with the three main Quebec trade unions. Through their scientific research and commitment to making workplaces healthy and safe, the team aims to shed light on what has so far remained invisible. We thought this was a lead which should be brought to European attention. It shows the immense potential contribution of action-oriented research to improving equal opportunities and working conditions."

"Parler de santé, ce n'est pas seulement se souvenir du fameux état de bien-être que l'OMS voulait promouvoir ou des pathologies qui risquent de le miner, et face auxquelles les personnes et les groupes ne sont pas égaux. C'est aussi faire référence à une série de professions, de métiers, d'activités (aux formations, aux revenus et aux prestiges fort divers) dans lesquels femmes et hommes n'occupent pas les mêmes positions. Mais le travail de santé n'est pleinement pris en compte que si l'on reconnaît la place prépondérante des femmes en tant que groupe social assigné à son maintien et aux soins à autrui : non seulement en tant que travailleuses rémunérées dans les institutions médicales et paramédicales, mais encore à titre gratuit, dans la sphère familiale, en tant que "profanes" des soins. Parler de santé, c'est en outre évoquer des traitements, des soins plus ou moins reconnus et professionnalisés, des luttes pour imposer ou reconnaître des manières de soigner, y avoir accès ou y échapper, obtenir le remboursement ou la gratuité… des un·e·s et des autres. La santé est enfin un champ dont la puissance de création ou d'entretien de représentations (et de stéréotypes, sexuels entre autres) est remarquable, avec ses effets de stigmatisation ou de libération selon les cas : les professionnel·le·s de la santé "disent" ce que sont les rapports sociaux de sexe, ce que sont les femmes, les hommes, et cet effet d'imposition propage ou renforce les idées reçues du moment. Les études féministes et les mouvements des femmes percutent toutes ces questions, certes, mais pas au même moment ni avec la même intensité ; dans les pays occidentaux, ils se sont davantage mobilisés autour des questions de contraception que sur la santé au travail, qui reste le parent pauvre (et qui n'est présente dans ce numéro qu'à travers la recension par Magdalena Rosende du livre édité par Laurent Vogel, La santé des femmes au travail en Europe). … "

"Generally speaking, women's issues are absent from health and safety policies: the hazards involved are either unknown or underestimated; and priorities are defined in male-dominated sectors and occupations, and so on. This failure to take account of women's health issues in the workplace constitutes a barrier to effective policies on occupational health and equal opportunities. For several years now, the TUTB and the ETUC have been trying to incorporate gender into their workplace health and safety policy. In 2001, the TUTB and ETUC decided to carry out a survey in the 15 EU countries aiming at assessing the situation in two areas:
- The inclusion of gender issues in health and safety policies. The aim was to ascertain the extent to which issues to do with women's health are taken into account when defining priorities, research activities and statistical data, and also the extent to which they are taken on board by the respective players and institutions.
- Practical experiences involving health and safety actions at the workplace that take account of gender issues.
This book reviews the key issues addressed by the research (developments, policies and prospects) and case studies from different EU countries illustrating research action in various sectors on different categories of risks."