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Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Argentina (RATIFICATION: 1956)

Other comments on C100

Observation

Direct Request

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The Committee notes the observations from the Confederation of Workers of Argentina (CTA), received on 31 August 2012, reporting significant occupational segregation, both vertical and horizontal, reflected in a sizable pay gap (25 per cent in 2010), a lack of up-to-date statistics regarding women and men in the labour market and the inefficiency of the measures adopted so far by the Tripartite Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity (CTIO) and the Coordinating Unit for Gender Equity and Equal Opportunities (CEGIOT). The Committee also notes the CTA’s observations of 7 September 2012 and the comments of the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) received on 21 September 2012. The Committee asks the Government to send its observations on these comments.

Gender pay gap. The Committee also notes the Government’s communication of 31 May 2012 replying to the CGT’s observations of 31 August 2011 reporting the persistence of high rates of inequality between men and women, apparent in the disparities in the quality of the jobs undertaken by men and women, respectively, and particularly in levels of responsibility, which all affect levels of remuneration. According to the CGT, informal work also contributes to these disparities, particularly in domestic work and the agricultural sector. The Committee notes that the Government refers in this connection to Act No. 26485 on media violence against women and Act No. 26522 on audiovisual media, which prohibit the use of stereotyped images of women, promote the reinforcement of women’s education and of training for women in use of the media. The Government also refers to other initiatives such as non-sexist writing competitions for children, television programmes advocating women’s rights, the monitoring of women’s integration in the armed forces and the “State consensus against gender discrimination and towards real equality between women and men”. Regarding informal work, the Government indicates that a significant increase has been achieved in the number of registered workers due to simplified procedures for regularizing workers. The Committee also notes the awareness-raising and training activities that the CEGIOT conducted for workers’ and employers’ organizations, which included handbooks on negotiation with a gender perspective and workshops on gender equality. It notes that these activities were carried out in 2010. While noting the measures taken by the Government to secure gender equality and eradicate stereotyped images of women, the Committee notes that there is no mention of specific measures taken to reduce or eliminate the gender pay gap. The Committee recalls that the continued persistence of significant gender pay gaps requires that governments, along with employers’ and workers’ organizations, take more proactive measures to raise awareness, make assessments, and promote and enforce the application of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value. Collecting, analysing and disseminating this information is important in identifying and addressing inequality in remuneration (see General Survey on the fundamental Conventions, 2012, paragraph 669). The Committee asks the Government to provide statistical information on the participation of men and women in the labour market, including information on remuneration levels, and disaggregated by occupation and economic sectors. It also asks the Government to indicate the specific measures taken to address the gender pay gap and the measures to address occupational segregation in the labour market as a factor contributing to pay differentials. Please indicate the measures taken or envisaged to promote objective job evaluation with a view to ensuring the right of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value, established in the Convention. The Committee also asks the Government to send up-to-date information on the measures taken since 2010 to promote the incorporation in collective agreements of the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value, and on the effects these measures have had on collective agreements concluded.

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