Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1992, published 79th ILC session (1992)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Nicaragua (Ratification: 1967)

The Committee takes note of the information supplied by the Government in its report, in reply to its previous comments on the studies concerning the Atlantic Coast.

1. The Government states in its report that the Women's Bureau is in the process of closing down but that the Institute for Women has been created. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the current policy concerning women and the activities of the Institute for Women.

2. In its direct request of 1987, the Committee noted the provisions of the Political Constitution of 1987 which prohibit discrimination and place the obligation on the State to promote equality, and requested information on all measures taken or contemplated to promote in practice the principle of equality laid down in the Constitution.

The Committee hopes that in its next report the Government will provide the above information, along with information on the action taken with regard to ethnic minorities in accordance with section 91 of the Constitution.