Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Guinea-Bissau (Ratification: 1977)

The Committee notes with regret that the Government's report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

1. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its brief report for the period 1989-94, and in particular the adoption of Constitutional Act No. 1/93 of 26 February 1993 and Decree No. 12-A/94 of 28 February 1994 issuing the conditions of service of the public service. Since copies of these texts were not transmitted to the Office following their adoption, nor attached to the report, the Committee requests the Government to transmit them as soon as possible.

2. With regard to the programmes of vocational training and retraining provided in enterprises and by the Technical Institute for Vocational Training, the Committee notes that the document containing the information that it requested in its previous direct request, particularly on the percentages of men and women workers who have participated in these courses, and the regulations governing the Institute, which the Government stated had been annexed to the report, have not been received by the Office. It requests the Government to take the necessary steps to ensure that these documents are transmitted to it as soon as possible.

3. With reference to its previous comments concerning the implementation of the provisions of the General Labour Act of 1986, the Committee notes that the complementary legislation which, under section 155(4) of the Act, shall lay down conditions and prohibitions for the employment of women in certain jobs, has not yet been adopted. It requests the Government to supply information on the measures taken for the definitive adoption of this legislation and to transmit a copy as soon as it is adopted. The Committee would also be grateful if the Government would provide the information requested in its previous direct request concerning the effect given in practice to section 156(1) of the same Act.

4. With regard to the progress achieved in practice since the coming into force of the above Act of 1986 for the promotion of equality of opportunity and treatment in employment and occupation and the elimination of any discrimination based on any of the grounds set out in the Convention, the Government states that the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Promotion of Women is currently playing an important role in this respect through an awareness campaign and a programme for the integration of women into employment, particularly as a component of local and community development. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide detailed information in its next report on the implementation of this campaign and programme and on the results achieved.