Conference in Asturias on women's occupational health, with the presence of Fraternidad-Muprespa
Fraternidad Muprespa was present this Tuesday, May 28, at the event "Making women's occupational health visible", organized by the Asturian Institute for Occupational Risk Prevention, IAPRL, and the RAMAL Asturias Association (Support Network for Women in the Workplace), in which the Asturian Women's Institute.
The Royal Institute of Asturian Studies, RIDEA, was the scene of this meeting that was held c on the occasion of International Day of Action for Women's Health.
Ana Fernandez Castro, director of the Fraternidad-Muprespa Delegation in Gijón and president of the Ramal Association, inaugurated the day together with Borja Sánchez, Minister of Science, Business, Training and Employment of the Government of the Principality and president of the Asturian Institute for Occupational Risk Prevention.
Fernández Castro explained that Ramal was born with the commitment to achieve"real equality favoring the professional development of women with fewer opportunities."Specifically, they are in charge of advising women at risk of exclusion, older women or young graduates, among others. Because it is a reality, he added, “that the constant pressure to which women are subjected makes us suffer higher psychosocial risks than men.”
For his part, the counselor highlighted that"There is still much to do and transversal occupational health policies are necessary."He also explained that "It is everyone's job to consolidate progress in the prevention of occupational risks for women. Conferences like this are important because of the necessary involvement to carry out policies for access to health and equity."
Natalia Fdez. Laviada, Deputy Director General of Prevention, Quality and Communication, participated with the presentation"Women, Work and Health"in which she defended the need to socially consolidate the debate on women's health. “And this need derives from several causes: because it is social justice, because the law says so, because of the biological differences between men and women and because of the social differences derived from gender,”He explained, however, conviction, training and culture is the basis of everything. I also talk about segregation in feminized jobs.“with the face of a woman”,of worse working conditions or division'sexual'of work, the source of more situations of stress, violence, greater vulnerability to harassment, or a greater probability of suffering from addictions.
"The incorporation of the female population into the labor market has caused the diversification of their role in today's society. The conditions in which women live in the world will improve when there are more powerful women holding positions of responsibility and, consequently, providing powerful solutions,"he concluded.
For your part Miryam Hernandez, director of the Asturian Institute for Occupational Risk Prevention, assured that the fact that men suffer more accidents at work"It is biased, because the majority occur in masculinized sectors such as industry or construction, but in the more feminized service sector, there are a very large number of work accidents derived from musculoskeletal disorders,"for what he claimed"more work on the part of all the agents involved."
