Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1997, published 86th ILC session (1998)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Egypt (Ratification: 1960)

The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in response to its previous direct request.

1. With regard to the revision of the Labour Code, the original version of which was drafted in 1994 with technical assistance from the ILO, the Committee notes that the Government intends to supply a copy of the revised Code as soon as it is enacted.

2. With regard to Order No. 22 of 1982 which lists 23 jobs from which women are barred and which the Government deems to be dangerous for health and morals or to be too arduous for women, the Committee notes the Government's statement that the list is periodically reviewed by the Ministry of Manpower and Training in the light of scientific and technological advances and in accordance with the provisions of the Convention. The Government adds that, in implementing the new Labour Code, account will be taken of technological and scientific progress in determining jobs which may not be performed by women and which are harmful to their reproductive role. The Committee hopes that with its next report and with the requested copy of the Labour Code, the Government will provide full information on measures taken to remove restrictions on women's access to employment.