Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1995, published 83rd ILC session (1996)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Dominican Republic (Ratification: 1964)

1. The Committee notes the statistical information provided by the National Institute for Technical and Vocational Training (INFOTEP) for 1994 indicating the number of women enrolled in training courses at the Institute. Noting that women appear to be strongly represented in courses for sewing, secretarial and restaurant services and accountancy, whereas men dominate in courses relating to agricultural production, mechanics, soldering, vehicle maintenance, electrical installations, plumbing and painting, the Committee requests the Government to inform it in its next report of any positive measures taken so as to increase the participation of women in training courses, and in institutions of higher education, which would give them a wider choice of occupation upon graduation. In this respect, it refers the Government to paragraphs 82 and 83 of its 1988 General Survey on equality in employment and occupation, where the Committee warns of the limitations of sex-based segregation in training and stereotyped attitudes to the type of training open to women.

2. With reference to the absence of any specific provisions to guarantee non-discrimination in admission to the civil service in the Civil Service and Administrative Careers Act, No. 14/91, the Committee notes the Government's firm statement that there is no discrimination in employment and occupation in the customs and practices of the country. The Committee requests the Government to provide information in its next report on any special measures taken or contemplated to ensure the implementation of the principle of non-discrimination in recruitment, appraisal and promotion in the civil service. In this context, it takes note of the Government's request to the National Office of Administration and Personnel for statistical information on the structure of employment in the public sector with particular reference to: (a) the number of women employed in the public administration; (b) the number of women in high-level posts; and (c) the percentage of women as compared with men employed in the public sector. The Committee looks forward to receiving these indications of non-discrimination from the Government in its next report.