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Up until 2008, the Anact-Aract network used to be asked by companies to look at the gender mix of occupations, in a context marked by a shortage of labour. The question asked by metallurgy, building and motorway operation companies was: “What working conditions do we need to provide so that women can integrate male occupations?”
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The French Agence nationale pour l’amélioration des conditions de travail (National Agency for Improved Working Conditions) is a joint public institution, answering to the Ministry of Labour, which has the task of promoting innovative approaches to improve working conditions. It manages the network of Aracts or joint regional associations, which are spread throughout the country.
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Messing (1998).
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Chappert and Therry (2017).
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“Les absences au travail des salariés pour raisons de santé: un rôle important des conditions de travail”, Dares Analyse, No 9, February 2013. See www.fonction-publique.gouv.fr/files/files/publications/hors_collections/Absences-raisons-de-sante-2013.pdf.
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For more information: Chappert et al. (2014).
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Chappert F, Therry P (2017) Photographie statistique des accidents de travail, trajet et maladies professionnelles selon le sexe entre 2001 et 2015 sur. www.anact.fr
Chappert F, Messing K, Peltier E, Riel J (2014) Conditions de travail et parcours dans l’entreprise: vers une transformation qui intègre l’ergonomie et le genre? Revue multidisciplinaire sur l’emploi, le syndicalisme et le travail, 9(2) (www.remest.ca); and the e-learning on this project at www.cestp.aract.fr/-E-learning
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Chappert, F. (2019). Gendered Indicators in OHS: A Number to Convince and Transform Public Policies. In: Bagnara, S., Tartaglia, R., Albolino, S., Alexander, T., Fujita, Y. (eds) Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018). IEA 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 826. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96065-4_40
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