Webinar on Launch of the Guidelines on the Healthy and Safe Employment of Women Workers in Latin America

19/10/2022

Launch of the BOHESI Gender Guidelines

19 October 2022, 16:00 – 18:00 CET – REGISTER NOW

The Task Force on Gender Equity (GE-TF) of the World Banana Forum (WBF) is pleased to invite you to participate in the upcoming webinar on Wednesday, 19 October from 16:00 – 18:00 CET, which will focus on the recently published Guidelines on the Healthy and Safe Employment of Women Workers in the Latin American Banana Industry which you can find here.

The webinar aims to:

  1. Showcase key insights on the health and safety of women workers in Latin America;
  2. Provide an overview of the content of the Guidelines and its use; and
  3. Facilitate an introductory training session related to the use of the guidelines in gender-sensitive health and safety risk assessment and management.

The agenda can be found below:

WEBINAR: Launch of the Guidelines on the Healthy and Safe Employment of Women Workers in the Latin American Banana Industry

16:00 – 16:10: Welcome

                         Pascal Liu, WBF Secretariat

16:10 – 16:30: Background and Overview of the Guidelines

                         Anna Cooper, Banana Link

                         Camila Reinhardt Hurtado, WBF Secretariat

16:30 – 16:45: Insights on the Health and Safety of Women Workers in Latin America

                        Adela Torres, Coordinating Body of Latin American Banana and Agro-industrial Unions (COLSIBA) 

16:45 – 17:35: Integrating the Guidelines into Gender Sensitive Health and Safety Risk Assessment and Management 

                        Peter Hurst, Occupational Health and Safety Expert

17:35 – 17:55: Discussion

17:55 – 18:00: Closing Remarks

                         WBF Secretariat

For further information, please contact Camila Reinhardt Hurtado, [email protected], with copy to Mattia Serrano Ferraro, [email protected].