Overview of the “Gender & Work” track at the IEA 2021 Congress

Abstract

This article presents an overview of the main research papers that were presented at the 21st Triennial IEA 2021 Conference. A total of 23 talks, from nine countries, were presented over four sessions. The themes of these sessions were: 1) Knowledge Transfer, Gender and Ergonomics 2) Approaching Ergonomic Interventions with a Sex/Gender Lens: Designing Training for Ergonomists 3) Ergonomic Studies of Atypical Work and Vulnerable Population through a Sex/Gender Lens: Toward Better Understanding of Context and Risks, for Better Prevention and 4) Gender and Occupational Risks (Part 1 : Exposure and Risk Perception; Part 2 : Strategies to Manage Risk).