The IEA Gender and Work Technical Committee is accepting submissions for the IEA 2009 Congress in Beijing, China. This track encourages symposia, panels, and demonstrations that address gender and work from a diversity of perspectives. The interactions between gender, sex and the science and practice of ergonomics can occur with respect to the physical, social or organizational aspects of work. Content could include: consequences of the gendered division of labour for the health of men and women; gender-sensitive product design; differences in intervention strategies according to the gender of the work force; interactions between work schedules and domestic responsibilities of women and men; training programs for women entering physically demanding jobs; gender differences in the experience of musculoskeletal symptoms; gender and compensation for occupational health problems. Selected papers may be retained, after review, for publication in a special issue on gender that is being planned with the journal Ergonomics.

We are also soliciting reviewers for the proposals in November 2008. If you are an IEA member and you wish to help with the review, or you have any other questions, please contact Karen Messing at karensmessing@gmail.com or Sandrine Caroly at Sandrine.Caroly@upmf-grenoble.fr