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Occupational health 2012, para. 47
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- With respect to all of the above, it is critical that a gendered perspective be adopted in the formulation and implementation of occupational health laws and policies. A gender-based approach recognizes that biological and socio-cultural factors play a significant role in influencing the health of men and women. The disaggregation of health and socio-economic data according to sex is essential in the monitoring and evaluation of all occupational health laws and policies.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Unhealthy foods, non-communicable diseases and the right to health 2014, para. 41
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- Food policies that emphasize home cooking to improve diets must take into account these gender and labour-force dynamics. Healthy eating programmes should not focus solely on mothers, but must also promote the role of men in food preparation, as well as take into account a diverse range of family arrangements.
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- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Food & Nutrition
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Families
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 2014
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Occupational health 2012, para. 16
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- Though there are regional variations, women are more likely than men to work within the informal economy than in the formal economy. And, like the formal economy, the informal economy is highly segmented in terms of gender. Approximately two-thirds of all female workers in the developing world work in the informal economy (not including agriculture). Moreover, women earn less than men, and are in lower paid and less skilled jobs.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 2012
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 67
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- Elsewhere, pernicious practices and beliefs hinder women's equal participation in sport. Despite repeated declarations and calls for action on equality in sport since the 1994 Brighton Declaration on Women and Sport, women's sport remains deprioritized and heavily underfunded globally. Among professional athletes, there are significant disparities between men and women in respect of incomes and prize money. One study found that men receive more prize money than women in 30 per cent of sports. Moreover, men's sport dominates media reporting.,
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 63
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- Securing the right of women to participate in physical activity can improve women's health. Women experience certain health risks at higher rates than men at various points in their lifespan, which are mitigated by exercise. For example, regular weight-bearing exercise has been shown to reduce the incidence of osteoporosis, a bone disease experienced primarily by postmenopausal women. Risks of other illnesses suffered almost exclusively by women, such as breast cancer, can also be modified through the promotion of physical activity and healthy lifestyles.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Sports and healthy lifestyles as contributing factors to the right to health 2016, para. 50
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- Historically, sport has often involved forms of "hegemonic masculinity": boys and men have frequently been enabled or encouraged to exhibit aggressive, violent or discriminatory behaviour in competitive sport, including sexism, misogyny, homophobia and transphobia. A welcome shift in this paradigm has occurred in a number of regions and countries where homophobia has decreased, where this has included the area of sports. Nevertheless, levels of homophobia, transphobia, and discrimination against intersex people remain high in most countries. Those who are perceived to fall outside dominant gender and heteronormative standards, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, continue to face discriminatory treatment and restrictions in sport, including discrimination, harassment and violence, and a lack of safe and welcoming spaces for participation.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- LGBTQI+
- Men
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Right to health in early childhood - Right to survival and development 2015, para. 80
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- International human rights law places particular emphasis on the responsibility of States to address discrimination against women and girls and ensure that they enjoy their rights on the basis of equality with men and boys. Among other actions, States must ensure that national law provides a robust framework for gender equality and non-discrimination. In the context of early child development, policies and programmes must pay particular attention to redressing discrimination and to equality. For example, parenting programmes should be gender sensitive and States should make particular efforts to address any discrepancy in educational attainment between girls and boys.
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Boys
- Children
- Girls
- Men
- Women
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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