Health and Safety For Women and Children
İÇİNDEKİLERYour health and safety at workHEALTH AND SAFETY FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN What is in this Module I. Introduction..................................................................... 1 II. When and how does reproductive damage occur to women?............................................................. 3 A. Prior to conception .............................................. 3 B. During pregnancy............................................... 5 C. After birth............................................................. 6 III. Other health and safety issues for women workers............ 8 A. Personal security.................................................. 8 B. Maternity leave................................................... 8 C. Maximum weights................................................ 9 IV. Information on the health of children at work.................. 10 A. Overview of what is known ................................. 10 B. Exposure to environmental agents........................ 12 C. Working capacity and limitations......................... 13 D. Psychosocial risks to child workers ...................... 14 E. Primary health care for child workers................... 15 V. Taking action to eliminate child labour............................. 17 A. The community level.......................................... 18 B. The national level ................................................ 19 VI. Role of the health and safety representative ...................... 20 VII. Summary........................................................................... 22 Exercise. Case-studies on child labour.......................................... 23 Glossary .................................................................................. 25 Appendix I. Chemicals that have toxic effects on reproduction ................................................... 26 Appendix II. Carcinogenic chemicals in electronics manufacturing...................................................... 28 Appendix III. ILO standards on child labour.............................. 30 Appendix IV. ILO Conventions and Recommendations for the protection of children and young persons..... 53 Appendix V. ILO Convention (No. 171) concerning night work............................................................ 55 HEALTH AND SAFETY FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN Your health and safety at work Appendix VI. ILO Convention (No. 89) concerning night work of women employed in industry (Revised), 1948 and Protocol of 1990 to the night work (women) Convention (Revised), 1948................................. Appendix VII. ILO Convention (No. 103) concerning maternity protection........................................................... Appendix VIII. ILO Recommendation (No. 95) concerning maternity protection NOTLARYour Health Safety At Work:A Collection Of Modules |