Women at work: safety and health
An all-male death record hides where women's occupational risks lie — health care, education, services, textiles and unpaid care.
Last updated: 3 October 2026
Overview
Every workplace death recorded in Georgia in 2023 and 2025 was a man; of the 347 injuries recorded in 2023, 100 were among women (Labour Inspection Service data). That reflects where accidents are counted — construction, mining, transport — not where women work. Women's labour force participation was 44.2% in 2025 against 64.8% for men (Geostat), and women are concentrated in health care (58,800 workers in the sector), education and services, where the risks are infection, violence, psychosocial load and musculoskeletal strain, none of which the accident register captures. The ILO's OSH portal and WHO's Global Plan of Action both call for gender-sensitive approaches.
Key figures
0 of 32
Women among recorded workplace deaths in 2025
Labour Inspection Service, via Georgia Today (2026)
100 of 347
Women among recorded injuries in 2023
Labour Inspection Service, via InterPressNews (2024)
44.2% · 64.8%
Labour force participation, women and men, 2025
Geostat
58,800
Workers in human health and social work, 2025 — a predominantly female sector
Geostat
Where women's risks are
| Sector | Risks | GILS pages |
|---|---|---|
| Health and social care | Infection, sharps injuries, violence, shift work, patient handling | Health workers |
| Education | Voice disorders, psychosocial load, violence from pupils and parents | — |
| Retail, hospitality, services | Long hours, prolonged standing, harassment, low pay | Psychosocial risks |
| Textiles and light manufacturing | Repetitive work, chemicals, poor ventilation | Ergonomics |
| Agriculture and unpaid family work | Pesticides, heat, no social protection | Agriculture |
Standards
- ILO Convention No. 183 on maternity protection (2000) — not ratified by Georgia; the GTUC called for its ratification in 2019. Georgia's Labour Code provides 126 days of paid maternity leave (ETF–Eurofound, 2024); see Equality.
- ILO Convention No. 190 on violence and harassment, including gender-based — not ratified.
- EU Pregnant Workers Directive 92/85/EEC — listed for approximation under the Association Agreement.
- The ILO's OSH portal lists gender as a dedicated area of work; WHO's Global Plan of Action calls for gender-sensitive workers' health policy.
Public health perspective (WHO)
WHO's approach to women's health at work covers reproductive health and pregnancy at work, the double burden of paid and unpaid care, and sex-specific exposure effects; its Global Plan of Action asks for sex-disaggregated data on workers' health. Georgia's accident data are sex-disaggregated only in the most recent reports; disease, mental health and reproductive outcomes are not recorded by occupation. Workers' health: the public health perspective.
Data gaps
- No sex-disaggregated occupational disease, sickness absence or mental health data.
- No survey of harassment or violence at work by sector.
- No data on pregnancy-related risk assessment or on night work among women.
Sources
- Georgia Today (2026). Labour Inspection Service 2025 report. georgiatoday.ge
- Geostat (2026). Labour force indicators by sex; employment by activity. www.geostat.ge
- ETF–Eurofound (2024). Working life in Georgia. www.etf.europa.eu
- ILO. Safety and health at work — OSH and demographics. www.ilo.org
Figures are from the GILS Evidence Register and the official sources shown. GILS is independent of government, trade unions, employers' organisations and the ILO.
In this section
← OSH hubTwo perspectives: ILO and WHO · National OSH Profile · Normative instruments · International standards · Law and institutions · Accidents and deaths · Occupational diseases · Chemical hazards · Noise, vibration and radiation · Ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders · Psychosocial risks at work · Construction · Mining · Agriculture · Heat and climate · Health workers · Infection and sharps · Violence · Health workers: burn-out · Women at work · Young and older workers · Workplace action and training
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