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

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Ethiopia (Ratification: 1966)

Equality of opportunity and treatment in the public service. The Committee recalls section 13(3) of the Federal Civil Servants Proclamation No. 515/2007, which provides that in recruitment, promotion and deployment, preference shall be given to female candidates, candidates with disabilities and members of nationalities comparatively less represented in government office. The Committee also recalls the statistical information as of June 2008 showing that there were still significant disparities between men and women who were employed as civil servants. The Committee asks the Government to provide statistical information, disaggregated by sex, type of service and grade, and to indicate any specific measures taken or envisaged to promote equality of opportunity and treatment of men and women in the civil service, including with respect to recruitment, training and promotion. The Committee also again asks the Government to provide information on any measures taken pursuant to section 13(3) of the Federal Civil Servants Proclamation regarding female candidates, candidates with disabilities, and members of nationalities comparatively less represented in government office. Please also provide statistical information disaggregated by ethnic group, if possible.

Sexual harassment. The Committee recalls that neither the Labour Proclamation nor the Federal Civil Servants Proclamation addresses sexual harassment, and that an employer’s responsibility under section 6(1)(d) of the Proclamation to provide for the right to employment of persons with disability, No. 568/2008, is limited to protecting women with disabilities from sexual violence that occurs in the work place and to take administrative measures against the perpetrator of acts of violence. The Committee also recalls that the provision limited to sexual violence is insufficient to address fully sexual harassment in the context of employment and occupation, as sexual harassment includes a much broader range of behaviour and practices. It notes the Government’s indication that the issue of sexual harassment is being considered in the on-going process of amending the Labour Proclamation. The Committee asks the Government to take concrete steps to address the issue of sexual harassment in the context of employment and occupation for all men and women, and to provide information on any progress made in this regard. Please also provide information on the process of amending the Labour Proclamation, with a view to expressly defining and prohibiting both quid pro quo and hostile environment sexual harassment.

Parts III to V of the report form. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on any judicial decisions concerning discrimination in employment and occupation and cases of infringement reported to or detected by the labour inspection services, as well as the remedies provided or sanctions imposed.