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The urgent need to regulate menstrual products
2026New studies show that menstrual products such as tampons and sanitary towels – and in some cases period underwear too – may contain chemicals such as PFAS (‘forever chemicals’), pesticides,…
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Gender Action Plan under the Global Framework on Chemicals Overview, Data Collection and next steps
2026A draft Gender Action Plan (GAP) has been developed under the Global Framework on Chemicals (GFC) for consideration at the first International Conference (Resolution V/4). Its aim is to ensure…
Case Study
Tackling Toxics | Case Studies Kenya and Tunisia 2022
2023The scoping study “Gender, Chemicals and Waste” was carried out in Kenya and Tunisia between January and June 2022 on behalf of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions secretariat. It…
Journal Article
Long-term health and human capital effects of in utero exposure to an industrial disaster: a spatial difference-in-differences analysis of the Bhopal gas tragedy
2023Objectives: Globalisation and industrialisation can increase economic opportunity for low/middle-income nations, but these processes may also increase industrial accidents and harm workers. This paper examines the long-term, cohort-based health effects…
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45min for gender in sectors – Webinar 1: Gender & Chemicals in Toxicology
2021WEBINAR 1 – Gender & Chemicals in Toxicology Guest speaker: Dr Cinzia La Rocca, Toxicology Unit – Center for Gender-Specific Medicine, Instituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome – Italy The webinar…
Report
Women, Chemicals and the SDGs
2021Gender review mapping with a focus on women and chemicals: impact of emerging policy issues and the relevancefor the sustainable development goals In line with the UNEP-IPEN partnership, the aim…
Journal Article
Sex and Gender Analysis of Toxicity and Epidemiology Data on Environmental Chemicals in the Three Major Toxicology Databases
2019Background: As sex and gender are important considerations in the assessment of toxic chemicals, we investigated whether sex and gender issues have been adequately considered in toxicological databases. Materials and…
Briefing
Gender and the sound management of chemicals and waste policy brief
2018“Gender mainstreaming” is defined as a strategy for making both men and women’s concerns and experiences an integral part of policies and programmes in all political, economic and societal spheres.…
Training
Gender Equality and Chemicals
Closing the gaps: gender dimensions in chemicals regulation The section provides a short introduction into the problem of why chemicals impact on men and women should be considered differently. Gender,…