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Women & Health Online Dialogue

Expert Group Meeting
on
Women and Health

Mainstreaming
the Gender Perspective into the Health Sector

Tunis (Tunisia)
28 September to 2 October 1998

Biographies

Dr. Aruna Dewan
India

Medical toxicologist; Deputy Director, National Institute of Occupational Health; 21 years of experience in occupational health; member, IPCS/INTOX Poison Centre working group; started first poison information centre in Western India ; Head, Poison Information Centre, NIOH, Ahmedabad; carried out experimental studies on metals, pesticides and methyl isocynante (Bhopal gas); occupational health problems of women in the unorganized sector is one research priority of the National Institute of Occupational Health; has undertaken a number of programmes jointly with SEWA (Self Employed Women's Association), one of the largest women's organizations in India.

Paper:  Occupational and environmental health of women

United Nations
Division for the Advancement of Women
2 UN Plaza, DC2-12th Floor
New York, NY 10017
USA
Home location: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw

E-mail address: daw@un.org