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The Committee notes the Government’s very brief first report. It also notes the comments submitted by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) dated 9 September 2002 and the Free Confederation of Workers of Mauritania (CLTM) of 17 December 2002, which had been sent to the Government for its reply thereon.

Articles 1(b) and 2 of the Convention. The Committee notes the comments by the CLTM regarding the low participation of women in certain economic sectors and in high-level education, the discriminatory practices in recruitment and the fact that the labour inspectorate is preventing workers from denouncing such practices and from engaging in legal proceedings. It also notes the allegation by both the ICFTU and the CLTM that while the Constitution prohibits discrimination based on sex and the Labour Code provides for equal remuneration for equal work, only a minority of women workers benefit from this protection. The Committee notes that most of these allegations concern issues covered by Convention No. 111 and refers to its comments made relating to the application by Mauritania of that Convention. With regard to inequalities in remuneration, the Committee asks the Government to provide a reply on this matter with its next report, which the Committee will examine along with the comments by the ICFTU and the CLTM at its next session.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.