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Target Area: Risk Management

Including Gender Issues in Risk Assessment

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  • Workplace Wellbeing and Safety

SOURCE
  • European Agency for Safety and Health at Work

TYPE OF RESOURCE
  • GGuide

TARGET AREA
  • Risk Management, Strategy

TARGET UNIT
  • Diversity & Inclusion, Human Resources, Occupational Health and Safety

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Including Gender Issues in Risk Assessment

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
This guide provides a model for making risk assessment more gender-sensitive byfocusingon five stages of risk assessment and recommending how to include gender in each of them.

  1. Hazard Identification – include gender by:
  • Considering hazards prevalent in both male- and female-dominated jobs
  • Considering the entire workforce without forgetting part-time, temporary, and those employees on leave
  • Encouraging women to report issues
  1. Risk assessment – include gender by:
  • Not making assumptions based only on job description or title
  • Involving women in risk assessment
  • Including gender in stress, reproductive health, and musculoskeletal disorders assessments
  1. Implementation of solutions – include gender by:
  • Aiming to eliminate risks at source, to provide a safe and healthy workplace for all employees
  • Involving women in decisionmaking and implementation of solutions
  • Ensuring all genders are provided with OHS information and training relevant to their jobs

4 & 5.  Monitoring and Review – include gender by:

  • Keeping up to date with new information about gender-related occupational health issues
  • Recording occupational health issues and accidents

 

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Provincial & Territorial Human Rights Agencies

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ATTRIBUTES
  • Capacity Building and Awareness Raising

SOURCE
  • Canadian Human Rights Commission

TYPE OF RESOURCE
  • LLegislation

TARGET AREA
  • Canadian Legislation, Risk Management

TARGET UNIT
  • Human Resources, Legal

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Provincial & Territorial Human Rights Agencies

Canadian Human Rights Commission
This resource provides a comprehensive list of provincial and territorial human rights agencies (including commissions and tribunals) across Canada.

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An Intersectional Approach to Discrimination: Addressing Multiple Grounds in Human Rights Claims

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ATTRIBUTES
  • Capacity Building and Awareness Raising

SOURCE
  • Ontario Human Rights Commission

TYPE OF RESOURCE
  • TTool

TARGET AREA
  • Implementation, Risk Management

TARGET UNIT
  • Human Resources, Legal

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An Intersectional Approach to Discrimination: Addressing Multiple Grounds in Human Rights Claims

Ontario Human Rights Commission
This resource includes a Canadian-based framework for a contextualized intersectional approach to analyzing discrimination in multiple grounds complaints. The Ontario Human Rights Commissions provides a description of the intersectional approach, as well as other approaches to multiple grounds, such as human rights and charter cases. In addition, this resource outlines how the Commission is starting to integrate intersectionality within its processes, courts, and tribunals. For example, the value of “intersectional analysis” is discussed, as it can be used as a lens to examine the social context of individuals in certain cases.

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Gender Based Analysis Plus (GBA+)

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ATTRIBUTES
  • Baseline Assesment
  • Capacity Building and Awareness Raising

SOURCE
  • Status of Women Canada

TYPE OF RESOURCE
  • TTool

TARGET AREA
  • Risk Management, Strategy

TARGET UNIT
  • All Management, Diversity & Inclusion, Human Resources

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Gender Based Analysis Plus (GBA+)

Status of Women Canada
GBA+ is an analytical tool that considers identity factors such as sex, gender race, ethnicity, religion, age, and mental or physical disability. The “plus” in GBA+ acknowledges that GBA goes beyond biological (sex) and socio-cultural (gender) differences. These factors are not an exhaustive list and only represent those listed explicitly in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The steps required to complete this intersectionality analysis are:

  1. Identify the key issue
  2. Challenge assumptions
  3. Gather the facts – research and consult

If information is not available, don’t abandon your analysis. Identify gaps in data and make data collection part of your initiative’s objectives and evaluation measures.

  1. Develop options and make recommendations

Using the data you have gathered, indicate how the options you propose respond to the specific issues you identified. Present your GBA+ findings to decision makers.

  1. Monitor and evaluate

Highlight data gaps and address unintended outcomes for diverse groups. Incorporate them into strategy renewals or management responses.

  1. Document

As GBA+ is an evidence-based process, it is critical to document your research and findings, including any consultations (formal or informal). List all individuals and organizations consulted, including notes from interviews.

  1. Communicate

Identify your target audiences, and tailor your messaging appropriately. Remember to share or discuss your GBA+ results within your organization. This will demonstrate due diligence, foster buy-in with stakeholders, and identify areas for further action.

To learn more about GBA+, click here, watch a step-by-step video guide here, or take a free online introductory course here.