Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1990, published 77th ILC session (1990)

With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report.

1. With regard to women's access to vocational training, the Committee asked the Government to provide provide particulars (including statistics) on the trades and occupations in which training for new careers and specialisations was available to women. The Government states that, in 1987, the number of enrolments in vocational training "specifically for women" was 24,043; it adds that women are being increasingly trained for a whole range of trades in view of the new requirements in the different sectors of production, but does not specify the type of trade involved or provide the statistics requested. The Committee again expresses the hope that the Government's next report will contain the information requested.

2. The Committee also noted that the Government was planning to take legislative and practical measures to facilitate the gradual integration of women into the economically active population and that a working group had been set up and had drawn up a number of proposals to this end. It therefore requested the Government to provide information on the follow-up given to these proposals and on all positive practical steps taken to encourage the access of women to employment and the different occupations, in accordance with the Convention and national policy. The Government states that many practical measures have been taken to facilitate the access of women to employment but refers only to certain protective provisions; it adds that, with regard to legislation, the texts issued under Act No. 78-12 of 5 August 1978 concerning conditions of employment of workers will be forwarded as soon as they have been enacted. The Committee hopes that the above legislation will be adopted very shortly and that the Government will not fail to provide details on the results obtained in the integration of women into the economically active population (in accordance with the new Constitution), and particularly on the number of women employed in the various sectors of activity and on the female to male ratio.

3. In its previous requests, the Committee also noted from the Government's report that employment of women in the public sector registered an upward curve and requested more detailed information on this subject, in particular on the number of women employed in the public administration and other activities in this sector, and on the female to male ratio. As the Government's report did not contain the information requested, the Committee can only express once again the hope that this information will be provided in the next report. The Committee also notes with interest that section 48 of the new Constitution guarantees equal access for all citizens to state offices and functions, and requests the Government to indicate the practical effect given to this provision.

4. The Committee takes note of Decree No. 87-209 of 8 September 1987 to organise the planning and administration of training and further training abroad, and of the Ministerial Order of 1 August 1988 to establish conditions for the implementation of further training abroad. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the implementation of these provisions and on the number and sex of the persons (students and workers) who have received such training (please provide, if appropriate, a copy of the report of the Council for Planning and Guidance in Training and Further Training whose establishment is provided for in these texts).

5. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would supply the text of the Family Code with its next report.