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Dimitra Theodori

Dimitra Theodori is Head of Unit Health and Safety and Working Conditions of the European Trade Union Institute and Coordinator of the Workers Interest Group of the Advisory Committee on Health and Safety at Work.

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The Male Norm in Occupational Health Costs Women Their Wellbeing

Dimitra Theodori

Workplace health and safety policies built around a male default leave millions of women exposed to risks that better regulation could prevent.

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Will the European Union Protect Workers from Deadly Heat?

Marouane Laabbas-el-Guennouni, Andreas Flouris, Sergio Salas, Sebastian Schneider, Marike Schooneveldt, Ivan Ivanov and Dimitra Theodori

Current legal frameworks leave workers dangerously exposed; only a binding directive can close the gaps.