Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) - Paraguay (Ratification: 1964)

Article 2 of the Convention. The Committee notes that the Government repeats the information provided previously concerning the existence of a clear difference in practice between the remuneration of men and women in almost all branches, occupational categories and educational levels, despite the establishment in law of the principle of equal wages for work of equal value, and that the wage gap remains the same. In practice, women earn 73.1 per cent of the average monthly earnings of men in all types of employment, despite the fact that the gap is smaller in the public sector. The Committee notes that as a result of the action taken by the Tripartite Committee on Equal Opportunities (CTIO), the Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156), was ratified in 2007. The Committee, however, observes that despite acknowledging the existing situation of inequality, the Government has not provided information on the measures adopted to remedy the situation. The Committee once again requests the Government to provide information on the measures adopted to promote equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value, and particularly those adopted or envisaged to reduce the wage gap, as well as those adopted in the framework of the Third National Plan for Equal Opportunities for Women and Men 2008–17 and by the CTIO.