The Swedish labour market is one of the most gender segregated in Europe, and despite the extensive legislation on gender equality and discrimination, the health gap between working women and working men are continually increasing. This thesis has two purposes. First, to analyse how the work-related health gap between women dominated workplaces and maledominated workplaces are challenged, problematized and/or consolidated through workenvironment policy discourses. Second, to analyse health experiences from preschool professionals and eventual effects on this group created by the policy representations. The analytical tools have mainly been provided through a WPR-approach and the material has been policy documents and interviews with preschool professionals. The results show that there is an inconsistency with how the problem is formulated and who is thought to be responsible for the problem in between the policy levels. Also, the problem representations had effects on the preschool professionals who were caught in between rationalities. Finally, the results confirm policy as a product of social, political and historical context as well as its ability to shape identities and expand or restrict the room for manoeuvre of groups and individuals.

Denna studie grundar sig i en forskning gällande arbetet kring genus och jämställdhet i två olika yrkesbranscher inom samma organisation. Den svenska arbetsmarknaden är könssegregerad och granskas arbetsmarknaden närmare framträder den interna könssegregeringen. Det betyder att kvinnor och män med samma yrke och ibland samma arbetsgivare utför olika arbetsuppgifter. Enligt tidigare forskning har kvinnors andel av arbetskraften ökat kraftigt sedan 1960 och detta har medfört att ett stort steg tagits mot ökad jämställdhet. Kvinnor och män har valt olika yrkesinriktningar som resulterat i en könssegregerad arbetsmarknad. En bidragande orsak till att den svenska arbetsmarknaden fortfarande är starkt könssegregerad är beskrivningen av yrken och branscher såsom "typiskt kvinnliga" och "typiskt manliga". Utgångspunkten för denna studie är att ta fram mer forskning kring genus och jämställdhet. Syftet med studien är således att undersöka två olika yrkesbranscher som uppvisar kvinnodominans respektive mansdominans inom en och samma organisation. Tidigare forskning påvisar att olikheter i traditioner, förhållningssätt samt värderingar som är relaterade till genusmönstret bidrar till att kvinnor dominerar i hemtjänsten och män i de tekniska verksamheterna. Dessa genusmönster har stor betydelse för arbetsmiljöförhållandena eftersom det påverkar alla delar av vårt samhälle. Studien har genomförts med kvalitativa intervjuer sett ur ett hermeneutiskt perspektiv. Intervjuer har genomförts med personer med olika befattningar från räddningstjänsten, vård och omsorg (hemtjänst) samt personalchef. Resultaten från intervjuerna har analyserats utifrån den teoretiska referensramen. I denna studie har vi kommit fram till att den mansdominerade yrkesbranschen har kommit längre i arbetet för jämställdhet genom exempelvis lön och ombyggnationer till kvinnliga omklädningsrum. Samt att vissa av brandmännens partners är emot kvinnliga brandmän. / This study is based on research into the work of gender and equality in two different professions within the same organization. The Swedish labor market is gender segregated and is the labor market to be examined closer stands the internal gender segregation. This means that women and men with the same occupation and sometimes the same employer perform different tasks. According to previous research, women's share of labor has increased significantly since 1960, and this has led to a major step towards increased gender equality. Women and men have chosen different professions that resulted in a gender segregated labor market. A contributory reason why the Swedish labor market is still highly gender segregated is the description of professions and industries such as "typically female" and "typically male". The starting point for this study is to develop more research on the importance of the Swedish gender-based labor market. The purpose of the study is thus to investigate two different professions that exhibit women dominance and men dominance within one and the same organization. Previous research shows that differences in traditions, attitudes and values are related to gender patterns. This makes women dominate the home care services and men in the technical activities. These gender patterns are of great importance to the working environment, as it affects all parts of our society. The study has been conducted with qualitative interviews from a hermeneutic perspective. Interviews have been conducted with people with different positions from the emergency services, health and social care (home care service), and the staff manager. The study has been analyzed with qualitative interviews from a hermeneutic perspective. Interviews have been conducted with people with different positions from the emergency services, healthcare and home care services and the responsible human resource manager. The results from the interviews have been analyzed based on the theoretical reference frame-work. In this study we have come to the conclusion that the male-dominated occupational field has gone further in the work of gender equality, for example, new dressing rooms for women. And some of the firemen's partners are against female firefighters.