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Qualitative Indicators related to national norms


 
 
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I. Economic structures, participation in productive activities and access to resources

     
1 Extent of country commitment to gender equality in employment

     
  1a Whether or not ratified ILO convention 100 on equal remuneration for women and men

F.1

1

ILO

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  1b Whether or not ratified ILO convention 111 on discrimination in employment and occupation

F.1, F.5

1

ILO

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2 Extent of country commitment to support reconciliation of work and family life

     
  2a Whether or not ratified ILO convention 156 on workers with familiy responsibilities

F.6

1

ILO

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  2b Whether or not ratified ILO convention 175 on part-time work

F.5

1

ILO

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  2c Whether or not ratified ILO convention 177 on home work

F.5

1

ILO

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  2d Whether or not ratified ILO convention 183 on maternity protection

F.1, F.6

1

ILO

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3 Length of maternity leave (last update: June 2016)

F.1, F.6

1

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4 Percentage of wages paid during maternity leave (last update: June 2016)

F.1, F.6

1

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IV. Public life and decision-making

     
5 Presence of a gender quota for parliament (reserved seats and legal candidate quotas) (last update: December 2015)

G.1

1

IPU

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6 Presence of a gender quota for parliament (voluntary party quotas) (last update: December 2015)

G.1

1

IPU

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7 Existence of law on gender statistics (New data: June 2016)

2

UNSD

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V. Human rights of women and girl children

     
8 Whether or not reservation to article 16 of CEDAW

I.1

1

UNW

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9 Existence of laws on domestic violence

D.1

1

UNW

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10 Whether or not inheritance rights discriminate against women and girls (New data: June 2016)

F.1, L1

2

WB/OECD/UNSD

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11 Legal minimum age at marriage, by sex

L.1

1

UNSD

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1 The Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) was adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women, convened by the United Nations in 1995 in Beijing. The Conference focused on 12 areas of concern identified as obstacles to the advancement of women in the world and adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action in order to address those concerns. It also urged Governments to regularly collect statistics related to each of those areas, to serve as a basis for monitoring progress and evaluating the impact of policies. Available from un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/pdf/BDPfA%20E.pdf.