Sex equality is linked to health and safety

The fight for better health and safety goes together with the struggle for equality for women, two recent reports have claimed.

A review by the World Health Organisation (WHO) calls for action "to ensure women's health and safety at work, while facilitating their access to economic and social equality".

And a report for The Age and Employment Network (TAEN) demands a greater commitment to age and sex equality in workplaces.

WHO's Gender equality, work and health can be found at www.who.int/gender/documents/Genderworkhealth.pdf

The TAEN report Older women, work and health is available at www.taen.org.uk