6th International Congress on Women, Work and Health

Language: all abstracts must be submitted and presented in Spanish, Catalan, or English.

 

Title: The title must be a maximum of 100 characters and in lowercase except for the first word, abbreviations, and countries. Do not use all capitals or unnecessary abbreviations. Indicate geographic location and dates if applicable..

 

Content: has a maximum limit of 2,000 characters (including spaces). The title, keywords, and authorship information do not count toward this limit. The system will reject abstracts that exceed the limit. 

Figures and tables are not accepted.

All abstracts must follow the structure below:

1. Introduction and objectives: brief context and rationale for the work, the problem it addresses, and clearly formulated objective(s).
2. Methods: study or intervention design, population/sample, scope, variables or sources of information, procedure, and method of analysis. The submission must explain how the sex-gender perspective has been incorporated into the design and analysis.
3. Results: main results obtained, providing specific data whenever possible. Results must be real, not merely proposals for future work. When appropriate, results should be presented disaggregated by sex and possible gender differences must be analysed.
4. Conclusions: main conclusions derived from the results, their relevance to occupational health, and, where applicable, implications for prevention, professional practice, organizations, or public policy.

 

Authorship: each abstract may include a maximum of 5 people (authors or co-authors). It must be indicated which of the people included in the authorship will be responsible for presenting the work in person during the congress, marked with the microphone icon.
Each person may submit a maximum of 3 abstracts.
If the person originally responsible for presenting the paper or poster is unable to attend, she/he may be replaced by a co-author registered for the conference by changing this on the platform under "My contributions."
IMPORTANT: Make sure that each author has correctly completed the following information in "My Profile": first and last name, institutional affiliation (use the full official name of the institution), postal address, and email address.

 

Topics: All submitted works must incorporate a sex-gender perspective and address its relationship to occupational health. Authors must select at least one topic area that matches the content of the submitted abstract. If the content of the work relates to more than one topic area, it is recommended that you select a second topic area to facilitate the classification of your abstract for the congress program. 

The topics to choose from are:

TOPIC 1. The impact of structural inequalities, sex-gender and other social determinants on occupational health
This area addresses gender inequalities in the labour market and their impact on health from an intersectional and social justice perspective. Submissions could address:

• Horizontal and vertical occupational segregation
• Gendered pay gaps, job insecurity, and employment conditions and their impact on working conditions
• Feminization of poverty, career trajectories, and their impact on working conditions
• Intersections of gender, social class, migration, ethnicity, and age
• Impact on health economics
• Gendered economics perspectives on health
• Informal work and the underground economy
• Impact of labour reforms on women's health
• Adaptation of work equipment, tools, and personal protective equipment (PPE) to body diversity

TOPIC 2. Occupational risks and working conditions in feminized sectors
This area focuses on identifying, assessing, and preventing occupational risks that are invisible or undervalued in predominantly female occupations or task assignments. Submissions could address:

• Musculoskeletal disorders and risks to musculoskeletal health
• Exposure to psychosocial risk factors
• Occupational risks in paid and unpaid domestic and care work
• Risk assessment with a gender perspective on risk prevention
• Design, implementation, and evaluation of preventive measures with a gender perspective
• Professionalization and working conditions in the care sector

TOPIC 3. Work organization, musculoskeletal disorders, and mental health
This area examines the relationship between work organization and mental health, taking into account power inequality and working conditions. Submissions could address:

• Burnout in healthcare and care professions
• Job instability, working conditions, and mental health
• Impact of gender inequalities on psychosocial and ergonomic risk factors
• Preventive psychosocial and ergonomic management with a gender perspective
• Organizational interventions to improve health with a gender perspective
• Double presence and dual burden
• Overload of unpaid care work
• Impact of public co-responsibility policies
• Time poverty

TOPIC 4. Health consequences
This area addresses the specific occupational health issues faced by women throughout the life cycle, as well as occupational risks to the reproductive health of men and women. Submissions could address:

• Reproductive health, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and occupational risks
• Reprotoxic and mutagenic substances at work and differential toxicology
• Effect of exposure to environmental toxicants on chemical sensitivity, chronic fatigue, and fibromyalgia
• Breast cancer and occupational exposure. Night shifts
• Differential impact of the hormonal cycle and menopause on exposure to occupational risks

TOPIC 5. Violence, discrimination, and regulatory frameworks
This area analyses the different forms of violence and discrimination in the workplace and their impact on health. Submissions could address:

• Sexual harassment and gender-based violence at work
• Racism, xenophobia, migrants, and multiple discriminations
• Legal frameworks and protection policies
• Institutional prevention strategies
• Implementation and evaluation of protocols against workplace violence
• Tools for addressing sexual violence in the workplace
• Organizational culture, professional isolation, discrimination dynamics, and strategies for organizational change
• Sexual violence and sex-based harassment in male-dominated work environments

TOPIC 6. Innovation, information systems, public policy, and new forms of work
This area focuses on tools for structural transformation through research and public action. Submissions could address:

• Gender-sensitive indicators in occupational health
• Health surveillance with a sex-gender perspective
• Health impact assessment of labour policies
• Design, implementation, and evaluation of public policies in occupational health with a gender perspective
• Governance and institutional coordination in mainstreaming the perspective
• Telework and work-life boundaries
• Digital platforms and precarization
• New inequalities in the face of emerging risks
• Impact of population aging on occupational health

 

Type of abstract: The following types of abstracts are accepted:

• Research abstracts: works presenting results from scientific-technical studies. Research abstracts without results will not be accepted.
• Policy abstracts: analyses or proposals related to public policy, strategies, or regulatory frameworks.
• Good practice abstracts: real intervention experiences, programs, or actions in work settings with positive results.
• Training and education abstracts: training and capacity-building initiatives, programs, or methodologies.

Keywords: You must provide three keywords that match the content of your abstract. Try not to repeat the terms of the selected topics.

References: maximum of 10 references, which may be bibliographic and/or regulatory. They must follow the Vancouver style.

Presentation format: You may indicate your first and second preference for presentation format. The available options are:

• 10-minute oral presentation in 60-minute sessions.
• E-poster with presentation: 5-minute digital posters in 60-minute sessions.
• E-poster without presentation: digital posters displayed throughout the conference without presentation.

The final decision on the type of presentation will be made by the scientific committee based on the score obtained in the evaluation.