Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2000, published 89th ILC session (2001)

The Committee takes note of the Government’s report.

1.  The Committee notes from the Government’s report that the National Tripartite Committee, which is responsible, inter alia, for carrying out an objective job appraisal for the purpose of fixing wages in agreement with the competent service of the Ministry of Social Affairs, does not seem to have carried out such an appraisal to date. The Government referred to this body for the first time in its 1988 report on the application of the Convention, and the present report refers to this committee’s activities only for 1995. The Committee asks the Government to state whether the committee’s more recent work has included a job appraisal or other measures to promote equal remuneration for men and women.

2.  The Committee notes from the Government’s report that the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour is conducting a project to support vocational training establishments in order to improve the standard of vocational training they provide. It also notes the project to develop occupational skills in urban and rural areas, which aims to provide young people with technical support and materials so that they can enhance their productivity. It asks the Government to state how the advancement of women in employment and the promotion of equality between men and women is taken into account in these projects. The Committee also notes the Government’s statement that the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour is firmly committed to carrying out a series of interesting projects for the advancement of young people, especially young women, and asks it to provide further information in this respect.

3.  The Committee notes that the statistics published by the Ministry for the Status of Women show a considerably higher illiteracy rate among women. The Committee takes this opportunity to draw the Government’s attention to its general observation of 1998 on the application of the Convention, in which it requested fuller information, particularly statistical information, on the earnings levels of men and women, their respective rates of participation in the labour market and at different levels of remuneration, if possible by branch of economic activity, occupation or occupational group or level of education/qualification, seniority or any relevant statistics on which to base an assessment of the application of the Convention and the areas to be targeted in order to reduce the remuneration gap. It would be grateful if the Government would supply copies of the statistics published by the Ministry for the Status of Women.