Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2014, published 104th ILC session (2015)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (Ratification: 1982)

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Observation

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Articles 1 and 2 of the Convention. Gender wage gap. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government relating to the labour inspections undertaken to verify the payment of the minimum wage and the food benefit to all men and women workers without discrimination. The Government indicates that there is no gender-based distinction in wages and it supplies information on the implementation of the Women’s Equality Plan 2009–13. The Committee emphasizes that, in the context of the Plan, the Women’s Development Bank (BanMujer) has granted credit to men and women in agriculture, manufacturing, commerce and services, creating more than 55,000 productive jobs. The Government has also taken measures to ensure access to education for boys and girls. The Committee notes that, according to the statistics of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the average income of women in 2012 was 83 per cent of that of men. The Committee recalls that wage differentials remain one of the most persistent forms of inequality between women and men. The persistence of these differentials means that there is a need for measures to raise awareness of the application of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value and to evaluate, promote and ensure its application in practice. However, the Committee considers that in order to be able to evaluate adequately the manner in which the Convention is applied and also the nature, extent and causes of the gender wage gap, more information is needed on the employment rate, sectors of occupation and remuneration, disaggregated by sex. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary steps to compile statistics and any other information, disaggregated by sex, that would make it possible to evaluate the gender wage gap by sector, clarify its causes and assess trends. The Committee also requests the Government to provide information on the measures taken to address the gender wage gap.