Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2012, published 102nd ILC session (2013)

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

Constitution. The Committee notes the Government’s statement that pursuant to the provisions of the National Constitution, Dominican legislation reinforces the ban on discrimination. The Government refers in this connection to the Labour Code, and to Act No. 41-08 on the public service which regulates access to the public service without discrimination based on sex, disability or any other ground. The Committee observes that the Government makes no mention of the effect given in practice to the constitutional provisions, or of any legislative provisions on the application of the Convention that may have been adopted following the amendment of the Constitution. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on these matters.

Equal access for men and women to employment and occupation and training. Observing that the Government provides no information on this subject, the Committee again asks the Government to provide information on the following:

• (i) labour market statistics, disaggregated by sex, economic sector and occupation;
• (ii) women’s access to vocational training, including the courses in which women and men are registered and the measures adopted to encourage the participation of women in jobs and occupations in which men predominate;
• (iii) the measures taken under the Strategic Gender Plan and their impact in terms of improving women’s access to employment and occupation and to training;
• (iv) whether the childcare facility of Santo Domingo Autonomous University is also open to male students with children.