RECOMMENDATION
Promote and increase the employment of women, especially in public and political life
| Recommendation No: | 133.201 |
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| Recommendation Year: | 2021 |
| Recommendation Text: | Promote and increase the employment of women, especially in public and political life |
| Convention/Treaty Body: | Universal Periodic Review - 3rd cycle |
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Related Human Rights Articles
No Related Human Rights Articles
Stakeholders
Ministry of Gender, Family & Social Services (MoGFSS)
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Ministry of Economic Development (MoED)
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Job Centre (JC)
Relevant Articles of the Constitution
17A - Everyone is entitled to the rights and freedoms included in this Chapter without discrimination of any kind, including race, national origin, colour, sex, age, mental or physical disability, political or other opinion, property, birth or other status, or native island.
37A - Every citizen has the right to engage in any employment or occupation.
Relevant Legislation Articles
20 - 20. Employers in public and private sectors shall ensure the following rights. (a) Provide equal opportunity to men and women in the employment, training and advancement of position. (b) Provide equal wages to men and women who perform the same responsibilities at the same place of employment. (c) Men and women at the same place of employment with work adequately equal in value and weight shall be given equal wages, overtime compensation, benefits and allowances. (d) Employment opportunities shall not be offered or advertised to restrict a particular gender, except in circumstances the work is required to be undertaken by a particular gender. (e) Announcements and advertisements for work that is likely to attract more men than women must be designed to invite and not to exclude women. (f) Take all possible steps to eliminate obstructions to employment of women and to create conducive work environments for women. (g) Establish a complaints mechanism for the purposes of Article 29 of this Act
Relevant Regulations & Policies
No Relevant Regulations & Policies
Relevant Articles of other Human Rights Conventions
CEDAW Article 11 - Article 11
1. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in the field of employment in order to ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women, the same rights, in particular: (a) The right to work as an inalienable right of all human beings;
(b) The right to the same employment opportunities, including the application of the same criteria for selection in matters of employment;
(c) The right to free choice of profession and employment, the right to promotion, job security and all benefits and conditions of service and the right to receive vocational training and retraining, including apprenticeships, advanced vocational training and recurrent training;
(d) The right to equal remuneration, including benefits, and to equal treatment in respect of work of equal value, as well as equality of treatment in the evaluation of the quality of work;
(e) The right to social security, particularly in cases of retirement, unemployment, sickness, invalidity and old age and other incapacity to work, as well as the right to paid leave;
(f) The right to protection of health and to safety in working conditions, including the safeguarding of the function of reproduction.
2. In order to prevent discrimination against women on the grounds of marriage or maternity and to ensure their effective right to work, States Parties shall take appropriate measures: (a) To prohibit, subject to the imposition of sanctions, dismissal on the grounds of pregnancy or of maternity leave and discrimination in dismissals on the basis of marital status;
(b) To introduce maternity leave with pay or with comparable social benefits without loss of former employment, seniority or social allowances;
(c) To encourage the provision of the necessary supporting social services to enable parents to combine family obligations with work responsibilities and participation in public life, in particular through promoting the establishment and development of a network of child-care facilities;
(d) To provide special protection to women during pregnancy in types of work proved to be harmful to them.
3. Protective legislation relating to matters covered in this article shall be reviewed periodically in the light of scientific and technological knowledge and shall be revised, repealed or extended as necessary.
Related Recommendations of other Treaty Bodies
No Related Recommendations of other Treaty Bodies
Related SDGs
GOAL 05
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GOAL 08
Categories
Employment
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Gender Equality