Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1996, published 85th ILC session (1997)

Referring to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information of a general nature communicated by the Government in its brief report.

1. Referring to its previous comments, the Committee notes that the draft new Constitution has been studied by the Government and transmitted to the provisional Parliament for adoption and that it will send the text subsequently to the Committee. The Committee reiterates its hope that the final text will contain provisions promoting the principle of equality in respect of employment and occupation as laid down in the Convention.

2. In regard to employment and training for women, the Committee notes that the Government does not supply the detailed information which has been requested for several years but restricts itself to repeating its previous indications regarding the absence of specific measures in favour of women and the encouragement of access to vocational training and employment for all candidates without distinction as to sex. The Committee calls the Government's attention to paragraphs 15, 157 and 170 of its 1988 General Survey on equality in employment and occupation, in which it stresses the positive measures which must be taken in execution of the national policy stipulated in Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention, and on the need to supply details of the action undertaken and results obtained. The Committee therefore reiterates the hope that the Government will indicate in its next report the positive measures taken or envisaged to increase registration of girls in vocational training and university programmes and the results obtained, illustrated by statistics on the percentage of girls and young women - as compared with boys and men - who are taking part in these programmes. Please also supply information on the positive measures taken to facilitate access of women to public and private employment and on the progress made, with statistics on the number of women as compared with men, employed in various sectors and branches of activity at different levels, including levels of responsibility. The ILO is prepared to consider any request for technical assistance in this sphere that the Government may make.

3. The Committee would also like to receive information on activities connected with the promotion of equality of opportunity and treatment in respect of employment and training, carried out by or with the cooperation of the ministerial department responsible for the promotion of women, and in particular, a copy of the national report on the situation of women in Chad which was presented at the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in September 1995.

4. The Committee notes that the Government reiterates its previous indication that organizations of employers and workers have been made aware of the principle of non-discrimination through the advice given by labour inspectors. The Committee notes, however, that the Government has not replied to its previous question on manifestations of this change of attitude by those organizations. The Committee therefore requests the Government once again to supply with its next report full information on the forms taken by cooperation with the organizations of employers and workers in both preparation and monitoring of application of the measures adopted in the framework of the national policy referred to in Article 2 of the Convention and in application of the principles of the Convention in the workplace at the level of the branch of the activity and the enterprise.