5th International Congress on Women Work and Health

研究人员和女性健康倡导者多年来一直强调工作与女性健康之间关系的重要性。这一复杂的调查领域必须考虑到妇女在无报酬的私人和有报酬的公共领域的工作的影响，社会规范和社会政策对工作场所性别角色和歧视的作用，以及不稳定的就业条件、慢性肌肉骨骼疾病、工作场所的暴力和骚扰等造成的不成比例的影响。在过去十年中，1996年在巴塞罗那发起、随后每三年在巴西、瑞典和印度举行的以“妇女、工作和健康”为重点的世界大会强调了这些问题。定于2008年10月27日至30日在墨西哥萨卡特卡斯举行的第五届妇女、工作和健康国际大会是在前四届大会奠定的基础上再接再厉。(See http://www.zanzana-ac.org/vcongresswwh.php.)代表12个国家的规划委员会成员预计将有600多名与会者出席，包括学术和政府研究人员、决策者、工人以及社区和劳工妇女倡导团体。大会的首要目标是提出一项拉丁美洲妇女、工作和健康倡议，类似于2005年新德里大会提出的亚洲倡议。大会的主题包括工作条件和工作环境、工作组织、就业市场条件、无偿工作以及公共政策和妇女权利。大会还将强调适合于研究妇女、工作和健康问题的推广、教育和研究方法。大会的部分论文将提交《新的解决办法：环境和职业卫生政策杂志》发表，会议记录将张贴在参加会议的大学和社区组织的网站上。定于2008年10月27日至30日在墨西哥萨卡特卡斯举行的第五届妇女、工作和健康国际大会将讨论影响妇女健康的重要工作-生活问题，促进跨国界的跨学科研究，传播研究成果，推动政策变革和宣传工作，以改善工作条件和妇女健康。大会为对移民工人职业健康感兴趣的美国研究人员和社区倡导者提供了一个独特的机会，与来自美国移民女工原籍国的同行进行互动。大会的主题将涉及与女工有关的问题，她们必须平衡工作与家庭的需求，从事越来越多的应急和临时工作，面临与性别角色或职业隔离有关的独特危险。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Researchers and women's health advocates over the years have highlighted the importance of the relationship between work and women's health. This complex area of investigation must consider the impact of women's work in the unpaid private and paid public spheres, the role of societal norms and social policies on gendered roles and discrimination in the workplace, and the disproportionate impact of precarious employment conditions, chronic musculoskeletal diseases, violence and harassment at work among others. These issues have been highlighted in the last decade at world congresses focused on "Women, Work and Health," initiated in 1996 in Barcelona and subsequently held every three years in Brazil, Sweden and India. The 5th International Congress of Women, Work and Health, scheduled for Zacatecas, Mexico, October 27th - 30th of 2008, builds on the foundation laid by the four previous congresses. (See http://www.zanzana-ac.org/vcongresswwh.php.) Planning committee members, representing 12 countries, anticipate attendance by more than 600 participants including academic and government researchers, policy makers, workers, and community and labor-based women's advocacy groups. An overarching goal of the Congress is to generate an Initiative on Women, Work and Health for Latin America, similar to an Asian initiative that grew out of the 2005 Congress in New Delhi. Congress themes include Working Conditions and the Work Environment, Work Organization, Job Market Conditions, Unpaid Work, and Public Policy and Women's Rights. The Congress will also highlight outreach, education and research methodologies appropriate to the study of women, work and health. Selected papers from the Congress will be submitted for publication in the journal New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, and proceedings will be posted on the websites of participating university and community-based organizations. The 5th International Congress of Women, Work and Health, scheduled October 27th - 30th, 2008 in Zacatecas, Mexico, will address critical work-life issues that affect women's health, stimulate interdisciplinary research across national boundaries, and disseminate research to advance policy change and advocacy efforts to improve working conditions and women's health. The Congress provides a unique opportunity for US researchers and community-based advocates interested in the occupational health of immigrant workers to interact with their counterparts from the native countries of origin of U.S. immigrant women workers. Congress themes will address issues relevant to women workers who must balance work-family demands, who work in the growing number of contingent and temporary jobs, and who confront work-related hazards unique to gendered roles or job segregation.