Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2003, published 92nd ILC session (2004)

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

The Committee notes the report sent by the Government, the communication sent by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), received by the Office on 22 November 2002, and the Government’s comments thereon.

The Committee notes that, according to the ICFTU, not only are women poorly represented in management posts, but their pay is on average 30 per cent less than that of men. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that public policies are being developed to achieve full equality between men and women, and that institutional and legislative reforms are under way. The Committee asks the Government to indicate in its next report how these policies and reforms are facilitating women’s access to posts of greater responsibility and are contributing to narrowing the wage gap between men and women. Please also provide statistical information disaggregated by sex on remuneration and the number of workers employed in the various occupational categories in both the public sector and the private sector in accordance with the Committee’s 1998 general observation.

The Committee is addressing a request directly to the Government in respect of other matters.