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African women carrying water to their village, Kenya, Africa. African women and also children often walk long distances to bring back containers of water.

Women and heat stress: A silent risk in the climate-exposed workforce

As global temperatures rise, sex-specific vulnerabilities to extreme heat are emerging as a critical blind spot in occupational health policy. Luana Main and Lilia Convit explain.
Closeup side view asian young woman is feeling so hot - she got sweaty and wet clothes uncomfortable

Protection from occupational heat stress amid rising global temperatures

Prof Luana Main emphasises that as extreme heat events become more frequent due to rising global temperatures, immediate action is essential to protect workers through evidence-based and context-specific risk mitigation strategies and solutions.

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