Latest items for ERBG-PRACTICE-1
March 21, 2025, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Allegations of rape by Russian mercenaries, who have a large presence in CAR’s restive north-west region, have escalated in recent months. Women and girls are avoiding going to the fields and markets, and food shortages are being reported as a result" (para 5). "About 75% of CAR’s population, particularly women, work in agriculture, according to the World Bank. The International Fund for Agricultural Development, a UN agency, says the sector employs about 80% of rural people and generates half of the country’s GDP. In Bouar, the country’s fifth-largest town with a population of about 40,000, the growing attacks in the farmlands are having an impact on food production as women...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Allegations of rape by Russian mercenaries, who have a large presence in CAR’s restive north-west region, have escalated in recent months. Women and girls are avoiding going to the fields and markets, and food shortages are being reported as a result" (para 5). "About 75% of CAR’s population, particularly women, work in agriculture, according to the World Bank. The International Fund for Agricultural Development, a UN agency, says the sector employs about 80% of rural people and generates half of the country’s GDP. In Bouar, the country’s fifth-largest town with a population of about 40,000, the growing attacks in the farmlands are having an impact on food production as women...more
March 20, 2025, 1:55 p.m.
Countries: Mauritania
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"While the available laws obviously prohibit women from seeking jobs in several sectors, women’s participation in the formal labour market remains low due to unequal pay, sexual harassment as well as pay gap. In addition, women and young girls are vulnerable to sexual harassment" (6). "Furthermore, discrimination in employment is also deeply rooted in social status and ethnicity. Women and girls of Haratine descent are subjected to slavery and forced labour where there are exposed to violence and mistreatment" (6).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"While the available laws obviously prohibit women from seeking jobs in several sectors, women’s participation in the formal labour market remains low due to unequal pay, sexual harassment as well as pay gap. In addition, women and young girls are vulnerable to sexual harassment" (6). "Furthermore, discrimination in employment is also deeply rooted in social status and ethnicity. Women and girls of Haratine descent are subjected to slavery and forced labour where there are exposed to violence and mistreatment" (6).
March 19, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Countries: Canada
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Women were more likely than men to have been sexually assaulted or have experienced unwanted sexual behaviour in public, unwanted behaviour online, or unwanted behaviour in the workplace in the 12 months preceding the survey, and this was the case even when controlling for other factors" (para 36).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Women were more likely than men to have been sexually assaulted or have experienced unwanted sexual behaviour in public, unwanted behaviour online, or unwanted behaviour in the workplace in the 12 months preceding the survey, and this was the case even when controlling for other factors" (para 36).
March 19, 2025, 10:12 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"[F]emale-headed households face additional challenges following the death of the provider (a likely scenario for ISF or PMU employees), as they do not receive the salary of the deceased husband" (5). "By February 2015, approximately 33 per cent of displaced widows had not received any humanitarian assistance and 76 per cent did not receive a pension" (5-6). "[D]isabled women and girls are not entitled to social security payments if they are married or if their father is alive" (8).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"[F]emale-headed households face additional challenges following the death of the provider (a likely scenario for ISF or PMU employees), as they do not receive the salary of the deceased husband" (5). "By February 2015, approximately 33 per cent of displaced widows had not received any humanitarian assistance and 76 per cent did not receive a pension" (5-6). "[D]isabled women and girls are not entitled to social security payments if they are married or if their father is alive" (8).
March 17, 2025, 1:01 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Officer Widen took a job in West Virginia after resigning from a women's prison in neighboring Ohio. According to an internal investigation submitted as part of civil court filings, he had delivered a ring from an inmate to a former prisoner. He told the AP there was no sexual contact and that he quit after upsetting prison officials by launching his own investigation into heroin smuggling at the facility, transporting the ring in exchange for information from the inmate. Youst said she had no concerns about Widen when she first arrived at the Huntington Work Release Center. In fact, she said he was a favorite among many of the men...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Officer Widen took a job in West Virginia after resigning from a women's prison in neighboring Ohio. According to an internal investigation submitted as part of civil court filings, he had delivered a ring from an inmate to a former prisoner. He told the AP there was no sexual contact and that he quit after upsetting prison officials by launching his own investigation into heroin smuggling at the facility, transporting the ring in exchange for information from the inmate. Youst said she had no concerns about Widen when she first arrived at the Huntington Work Release Center. In fact, she said he was a favorite among many of the men...more
March 15, 2025, 11:45 a.m.
Countries: Lebanon
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"[There is a] persistent gender pay gap in the State party, vertical and horizontal segregation in the labour market and the lack of childcare facilities to enable women and men to reconcile family and professional life" (11). "Women have only limited access to loans and other forms of financial credit, as well as to property and inheritance rights" (12). "The Committee notes as positive the Lebanon National Agricultural Strategy (2020–2025), which aims to ensure gender equality in the field of sustainable agricultural production and rural development, as well as training for rural women on cooperative issues, business management and various other related subjects" (14).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"[There is a] persistent gender pay gap in the State party, vertical and horizontal segregation in the labour market and the lack of childcare facilities to enable women and men to reconcile family and professional life" (11). "Women have only limited access to loans and other forms of financial credit, as well as to property and inheritance rights" (12). "The Committee notes as positive the Lebanon National Agricultural Strategy (2020–2025), which aims to ensure gender equality in the field of sustainable agricultural production and rural development, as well as training for rural women on cooperative issues, business management and various other related subjects" (14).
March 14, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Both BNN [National Narcotics Board] and the Ministry of Women and Child Protection affirm that the gender gap in rehabilitation services is also reflected by the gender r of counselors in rehabilitation facilities. According to data from the BNN in 2012, out of 286 counselors, 93% were men" (10). "The requirements for drug testing and the sanctions imposed on WUD [women who use drugs] are both clear forms of discrimination. WUD will find it difficult to find work and enjoy a decent life. Moreover, according to data from BNN, there are 1.51 million workers who are classified as 'drug abusers', where the ratio of male to female prevalence is 2.1%:...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Both BNN [National Narcotics Board] and the Ministry of Women and Child Protection affirm that the gender gap in rehabilitation services is also reflected by the gender r of counselors in rehabilitation facilities. According to data from the BNN in 2012, out of 286 counselors, 93% were men" (10). "The requirements for drug testing and the sanctions imposed on WUD [women who use drugs] are both clear forms of discrimination. WUD will find it difficult to find work and enjoy a decent life. Moreover, according to data from BNN, there are 1.51 million workers who are classified as 'drug abusers', where the ratio of male to female prevalence is 2.1%:...more
March 14, 2025, 4:48 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The Chamba Juvenil Mission was an attempt to improve access to jobs in the formal sector and reduce unemployment. A total of 1,040,320 women participated, representing 57 per cent of all beneficiaries. In 2020, according to the National Register of Trade Unions, a total of 2,566,192 people including 1,223,166 women (48 per cent) were members of trade unions. In 2018, the Act on Workers’ Councils was adopted, with the goal of giving the working class a say in the management of productive activity. For 2020, 2,236 Workers’ Councils were created. Female workers have 32.46 per cent of the votes in these participatory bodies. Between January 2014 and September 2020, the...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The Chamba Juvenil Mission was an attempt to improve access to jobs in the formal sector and reduce unemployment. A total of 1,040,320 women participated, representing 57 per cent of all beneficiaries. In 2020, according to the National Register of Trade Unions, a total of 2,566,192 people including 1,223,166 women (48 per cent) were members of trade unions. In 2018, the Act on Workers’ Councils was adopted, with the goal of giving the working class a say in the management of productive activity. For 2020, 2,236 Workers’ Councils were created. Female workers have 32.46 per cent of the votes in these participatory bodies. Between January 2014 and September 2020, the...more
March 13, 2025, 3:54 p.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"With respect to the designation of specific locations as - as described in paragraph 1999 of the state party’s report - appropriate judicial environment for Bahraini families, SALAM DHR [Salam for Democracy and Human Rights] amd RRC [Rights Realization Centre] are concerned about the concept of women's dependency and obedience to men by imposing a 'house of obedience' (Beit Al-Ta’a) on women who refrain from staying in their husband's chosen home or leaving to work if the husband does not agree to their work. The authors are concerned that if the wife refrains from 'obeying' and recognizing the marital residence without legal justification, the husband may ask the judiciary to...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"With respect to the designation of specific locations as - as described in paragraph 1999 of the state party’s report - appropriate judicial environment for Bahraini families, SALAM DHR [Salam for Democracy and Human Rights] amd RRC [Rights Realization Centre] are concerned about the concept of women's dependency and obedience to men by imposing a 'house of obedience' (Beit Al-Ta’a) on women who refrain from staying in their husband's chosen home or leaving to work if the husband does not agree to their work. The authors are concerned that if the wife refrains from 'obeying' and recognizing the marital residence without legal justification, the husband may ask the judiciary to...more
March 11, 2025, 4:41 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The policy aims to encourage more women to work. Women’s participation in the workforce is low in India. The latest World Bank data says women represent 23% of India’s workforce, as compared with 32% in Bangladesh and 34.5% in Sri Lanka. The hope is that, with free transport, more women can look for jobs and look further away from home while also enjoying the savings. Many women are deterred from working because of the chunk taken out of their modest wages by bus fares" (par. 5-6). "This is not the first such scheme in India. The government of New Delhi started free bus travel for women in 2019 but it...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The policy aims to encourage more women to work. Women’s participation in the workforce is low in India. The latest World Bank data says women represent 23% of India’s workforce, as compared with 32% in Bangladesh and 34.5% in Sri Lanka. The hope is that, with free transport, more women can look for jobs and look further away from home while also enjoying the savings. Many women are deterred from working because of the chunk taken out of their modest wages by bus fares" (par. 5-6). "This is not the first such scheme in India. The government of New Delhi started free bus travel for women in 2019 but it...more
March 5, 2025, 8:35 p.m.
Countries: Ecuador
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"As of December 2019, 234,868 unpaid household workers were affiliated with the social security system of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute, which represents an average annual growth rate of 30.5 per cent since 2015. Furthermore, as of December 2019, 786,466 women in the private sector were affiliated, reflecting average annual growth of -0.1 per cent, while the growth rate among affiliated women in the public sector was 1.6 per cent, or 333,167 women" (28).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"As of December 2019, 234,868 unpaid household workers were affiliated with the social security system of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute, which represents an average annual growth rate of 30.5 per cent since 2015. Furthermore, as of December 2019, 786,466 women in the private sector were affiliated, reflecting average annual growth of -0.1 per cent, while the growth rate among affiliated women in the public sector was 1.6 per cent, or 333,167 women" (28).
March 4, 2025, 6:02 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
“Japan’s long campaign to appoint more women to senior roles in business and industry has suffered a blow after a survey found that just 13 chief executive officers at the country’s top companies are female. Women lead just 0.8% of the 1,643 firms listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier prime market, according to a survey by the Kyodo news agency, which based its findings on fiscal 2023 financial statements. Kyodo said the figures demonstrated Japan’s slow progress in “increasing diversity among its corporate decision makers”. The low numbers underline the uphill struggle Japan’s government faces in reaching its target of having women in at least 30% of executive roles...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
“Japan’s long campaign to appoint more women to senior roles in business and industry has suffered a blow after a survey found that just 13 chief executive officers at the country’s top companies are female. Women lead just 0.8% of the 1,643 firms listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier prime market, according to a survey by the Kyodo news agency, which based its findings on fiscal 2023 financial statements. Kyodo said the figures demonstrated Japan’s slow progress in “increasing diversity among its corporate decision makers”. The low numbers underline the uphill struggle Japan’s government faces in reaching its target of having women in at least 30% of executive roles...more
March 4, 2025, 5:39 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Women performing physical work will be able to retire at the age of 55, instead of the current 50. For women in office positions, the retirement age will increase from 55 to 58. For men, the threshold will be raised from 60 to 63" (Para 2).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Women performing physical work will be able to retire at the age of 55, instead of the current 50. For women in office positions, the retirement age will increase from 55 to 58. For men, the threshold will be raised from 60 to 63" (Para 2).
March 3, 2025, 9:03 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he Committee remains concerned, however about: Persistent employment discrimination on the grounds of pregnancy and maternity; The persistent gender pay gap, estimated at 20.8 per cent, vertical and horizontal segregation in the labour market and women’s significant underrepresentation in managerial positions; Women’s disproportionate burden of unpaid care work, which is 2.5 times higher for women than for men and constitutes a barrier to women’s economic participation; The maintenance of different retirement ages of 50 and 60 years, respectively, for women and men (with exceptions for certain female cadres who can retire at the age of 55), which reinforce stereotypes and maintain a gender-based income inequality, resulting in lower pension benefits...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"[T]he Committee remains concerned, however about: Persistent employment discrimination on the grounds of pregnancy and maternity; The persistent gender pay gap, estimated at 20.8 per cent, vertical and horizontal segregation in the labour market and women’s significant underrepresentation in managerial positions; Women’s disproportionate burden of unpaid care work, which is 2.5 times higher for women than for men and constitutes a barrier to women’s economic participation; The maintenance of different retirement ages of 50 and 60 years, respectively, for women and men (with exceptions for certain female cadres who can retire at the age of 55), which reinforce stereotypes and maintain a gender-based income inequality, resulting in lower pension benefits...more
Feb. 28, 2025, 12:15 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Mr Kudha said while growing AirTrunk he found it challenging to find women with suitable experience for technical and senior management roles, and that those who did study STEM subjects often did not end up in careers in those fields" (para 7).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Mr Kudha said while growing AirTrunk he found it challenging to find women with suitable experience for technical and senior management roles, and that those who did study STEM subjects often did not end up in careers in those fields" (para 7).
Feb. 27, 2025, 7:51 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"For many women in India, taking steps to ward off a violent attack—and reassuring their families they are safe while at work and on their commutes—is an invisible form of labor that is a central element of their work life. The killing and rape of a trainee doctor in the city of Kolkata in August was a fresh reminder for Indian women who work of the dangers lurking in public spaces where women are far less visible than men, from the deserted corners of a hospital or corporate park, in public transport or on city streets. The 31-year-old was found dead in a seminar hall of the state-run hospital after...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"For many women in India, taking steps to ward off a violent attack—and reassuring their families they are safe while at work and on their commutes—is an invisible form of labor that is a central element of their work life. The killing and rape of a trainee doctor in the city of Kolkata in August was a fresh reminder for Indian women who work of the dangers lurking in public spaces where women are far less visible than men, from the deserted corners of a hospital or corporate park, in public transport or on city streets. The 31-year-old was found dead in a seminar hall of the state-run hospital after...more
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:27 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Strengthening of economic empowerment and overcoming of poverty among women: Establishment of a specialized solidarity-based banking programme, through which 67 per cent of credit is granted to women who own micro- and small enterprises, and financial advice and training are provided; Provision of training to more than 3,500 women entrepreneurs and owners of micro- and small enterprises through Banco ADOPEM, the savings and loans bank of the women’s development association Asociación Dominicana para el Desarrollo de la Mujer; Provision of training to 1,755 people in the provinces of Azua, Monte Cristi and Valverde through a project for strengthening the banana value chain" (9). "The 'Women and software' project was established...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Strengthening of economic empowerment and overcoming of poverty among women: Establishment of a specialized solidarity-based banking programme, through which 67 per cent of credit is granted to women who own micro- and small enterprises, and financial advice and training are provided; Provision of training to more than 3,500 women entrepreneurs and owners of micro- and small enterprises through Banco ADOPEM, the savings and loans bank of the women’s development association Asociación Dominicana para el Desarrollo de la Mujer; Provision of training to 1,755 people in the provinces of Azua, Monte Cristi and Valverde through a project for strengthening the banana value chain" (9). "The 'Women and software' project was established...more
Feb. 20, 2025, 9:55 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Under Taliban rule, girls aged over 12 are not allowed to attend school, so carpet-weaving is one of the few areas where women and girls deprived of education can still work. More than 20 women and young girls along with Samira worked for the carpet-weaving business, located in the basement of an unfinished building in a poverty-stricken neighbourhood. They earned about 7,000 Afghanis (£80) a month" (para 6-7).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Under Taliban rule, girls aged over 12 are not allowed to attend school, so carpet-weaving is one of the few areas where women and girls deprived of education can still work. More than 20 women and young girls along with Samira worked for the carpet-weaving business, located in the basement of an unfinished building in a poverty-stricken neighbourhood. They earned about 7,000 Afghanis (£80) a month" (para 6-7).
Feb. 20, 2025, 3:56 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Eseosa’s motivation to create the network, unique in Nigeria, also comes from personal experience. When she was 18, she worked as a waitress in a hotel to finance her education and learned that rape was an integral and unspoken part of the job. She became pregnant after the first time she was abused and had an abortion in a private clinic. 'I was crying and I was terrified. Ten girls were waiting in a tiny corridor. There was just a bed in the room. No anaesthesia, no antibiotics or checkups. I was sick for two weeks after.' Without help or any other work prospects, she stayed in the job, was...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Eseosa’s motivation to create the network, unique in Nigeria, also comes from personal experience. When she was 18, she worked as a waitress in a hotel to finance her education and learned that rape was an integral and unspoken part of the job. She became pregnant after the first time she was abused and had an abortion in a private clinic. 'I was crying and I was terrified. Ten girls were waiting in a tiny corridor. There was just a bed in the room. No anaesthesia, no antibiotics or checkups. I was sick for two weeks after.' Without help or any other work prospects, she stayed in the job, was...more
Feb. 13, 2025, 10:47 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"In Italy, more than 90 percent of primary school teachers are women" (9).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"In Italy, more than 90 percent of primary school teachers are women" (9).
Feb. 12, 2025, 10:07 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Although female applicants did better than their male counterparts on the entrance tests and background checks, 60 to 85 percent of them were flunking out of the academy. She also noticed something else: The physical fitness test, which men and women had previously passed at similar rates, had been moved from near the end of the five-month academy to the first three weeks" (par. 2). "In what is believed to be the first of its kind in the nation, the San Diego Police Department, which was losing three or four officers a month and was down by more than 200 officers, has set up an economical child care center that...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Although female applicants did better than their male counterparts on the entrance tests and background checks, 60 to 85 percent of them were flunking out of the academy. She also noticed something else: The physical fitness test, which men and women had previously passed at similar rates, had been moved from near the end of the five-month academy to the first three weeks" (par. 2). "In what is believed to be the first of its kind in the nation, the San Diego Police Department, which was losing three or four officers a month and was down by more than 200 officers, has set up an economical child care center that...more
Feb. 12, 2025, 8:03 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"She [Yejin] also shares the same fear of every woman I spoke to - that if she were to take time off to have a child, she might not be able to return to work. 'There is an implicit pressure from companies that when we have children, we must leave our jobs,' she [Yejin] says. She has watched it happen to her sister and her two favourite news presenters" (par. 27-28). "One 28-year-old woman, who worked in HR, said she'd seen people who were forced to leave their jobs or who were passed over for promotions after taking maternity leave, which had been enough to convince her never to have...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"She [Yejin] also shares the same fear of every woman I spoke to - that if she were to take time off to have a child, she might not be able to return to work. 'There is an implicit pressure from companies that when we have children, we must leave our jobs,' she [Yejin] says. She has watched it happen to her sister and her two favourite news presenters" (par. 27-28). "One 28-year-old woman, who worked in HR, said she'd seen people who were forced to leave their jobs or who were passed over for promotions after taking maternity leave, which had been enough to convince her never to have...more
Feb. 12, 2025, 7:04 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Women riding scooters are a rarity in Pakistan, let alone women in uniforms on pink scooters wielding assault rifles. Women smile as they pass. But the receptionis not always so friendly. 'Men try to show us that the roads belong to them,' says officer Iman Aziz, 23. Sometimes, she says male bystanders hurl insults at the female officers. Sometimes, the officers say, men try to chase them off the roads with their vehicles. Officer Maryam Khalil, 23, recounted an incident where three young men smashed into her squad and 'accused us of not knowing how to ride a scooter.' Another officer, Maryam Sultan, explains that she wears a pandemic-style mask...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Women riding scooters are a rarity in Pakistan, let alone women in uniforms on pink scooters wielding assault rifles. Women smile as they pass. But the receptionis not always so friendly. 'Men try to show us that the roads belong to them,' says officer Iman Aziz, 23. Sometimes, she says male bystanders hurl insults at the female officers. Sometimes, the officers say, men try to chase them off the roads with their vehicles. Officer Maryam Khalil, 23, recounted an incident where three young men smashed into her squad and 'accused us of not knowing how to ride a scooter.' Another officer, Maryam Sultan, explains that she wears a pandemic-style mask...more
Feb. 8, 2025, 12:18 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Women have also mostly been barred from working for the United Nations or NGOs, and thousands have been sacked from government jobs or are being paid to stay at home" (par. 7). "Beauty parlours mushroomed across Kabul and other Afghan cities in the 20 years that US-led forces occupied the country after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against New York City's World Trade centre. They were seen as a safe place to gather and socialise away from men and provided vital business opportunities for women. 'Women used to chat, gossip. There was no fighting here, no noise,' said a salon worker who asked to be identified only as Neelab"...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Women have also mostly been barred from working for the United Nations or NGOs, and thousands have been sacked from government jobs or are being paid to stay at home" (par. 7). "Beauty parlours mushroomed across Kabul and other Afghan cities in the 20 years that US-led forces occupied the country after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against New York City's World Trade centre. They were seen as a safe place to gather and socialise away from men and provided vital business opportunities for women. 'Women used to chat, gossip. There was no fighting here, no noise,' said a salon worker who asked to be identified only as Neelab"...more
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:27 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Progress in the field of education for women and girls has not translated into progress in the area of employment, and the participation of women in economic activity remains low...Gender disparities persist in access to the labour market...Women in the formal and informal sectors in urban and rural areas alike have limited access to social protection in the form of a work contract, medical insurance or enrolment in a pension system" (10). "[Morocco needs to] take measures to prevent and monitor sexual harassment in the workplace, especially of young women, women with disabilities, and lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex women" (10).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Progress in the field of education for women and girls has not translated into progress in the area of employment, and the participation of women in economic activity remains low...Gender disparities persist in access to the labour market...Women in the formal and informal sectors in urban and rural areas alike have limited access to social protection in the form of a work contract, medical insurance or enrolment in a pension system" (10). "[Morocco needs to] take measures to prevent and monitor sexual harassment in the workplace, especially of young women, women with disabilities, and lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex women" (10).
Feb. 6, 2025, 7:05 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The relevant sector has worked within the framework of tourism programmes and strategies to integrate girls into hotel and tourism training institutions and develop appropriate educational programmes. There were 143 female students at the higher levels, 642 at the basic levels and 223 in apprenticeship training" (25). "With regard to agricultural vocational training, girls accounted for 27.1 per cent of the total number of graduates (589 of 2,174) during the 2017-2018 academic year. With regard to apprenticeship, some 542 rural girls benefited out of a total of 2,519, or 21.5 per cent. With regard to higher education, women graduates accounted for 105 out of a total of 440 graduates, or...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The relevant sector has worked within the framework of tourism programmes and strategies to integrate girls into hotel and tourism training institutions and develop appropriate educational programmes. There were 143 female students at the higher levels, 642 at the basic levels and 223 in apprenticeship training" (25). "With regard to agricultural vocational training, girls accounted for 27.1 per cent of the total number of graduates (589 of 2,174) during the 2017-2018 academic year. With regard to apprenticeship, some 542 rural girls benefited out of a total of 2,519, or 21.5 per cent. With regard to higher education, women graduates accounted for 105 out of a total of 440 graduates, or...more
Feb. 5, 2025, 4:44 p.m.
Countries: Morocco
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"A law that took effect in 2018, Law No. 19-12, provides domestic workers with labor protections, including mandatory contracts and days off, minimum age, minimum wage, and maximum working hours guarantees. It imposes fines on employers who violate the law, and prison sentences for some repeat offenders. Despite these positive measures, the new law offers less protection to domestic workers than the Moroccan Labor Code does for all other workers. The new law allows a maximum of 48 hours of work a week for adult domestic workers, compared with 44 for other workers, and sets a minimum wage 40 percent lower than the minimum wage for jobs in manufacturing, commerce,...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"A law that took effect in 2018, Law No. 19-12, provides domestic workers with labor protections, including mandatory contracts and days off, minimum age, minimum wage, and maximum working hours guarantees. It imposes fines on employers who violate the law, and prison sentences for some repeat offenders. Despite these positive measures, the new law offers less protection to domestic workers than the Moroccan Labor Code does for all other workers. The new law allows a maximum of 48 hours of work a week for adult domestic workers, compared with 44 for other workers, and sets a minimum wage 40 percent lower than the minimum wage for jobs in manufacturing, commerce,...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 9:51 p.m.
Countries: China
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Although Chinese law prohibits gender discrimination in hiring, job discrimination remains widespread. Both the Chinese government and private Chinese companies use gender discriminatory job advertisements. In 2019, Human Rights Watch analyzed over 36,000 job ads between 2013 and 2018 on Chinese recruitment and company websites and social media platforms. Many ads specified a requirement or preference for men and some specified irrelevant physical requirements for women" (6). "Human Rights Watch found that in the Chinese government’s 2020 National Civil Service Position List, 11 percent of the postings specified a preference or requirement for men. In 2018 and 2019, the rate was 19 percent. In 2017, it was 13 percent. The...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"Although Chinese law prohibits gender discrimination in hiring, job discrimination remains widespread. Both the Chinese government and private Chinese companies use gender discriminatory job advertisements. In 2019, Human Rights Watch analyzed over 36,000 job ads between 2013 and 2018 on Chinese recruitment and company websites and social media platforms. Many ads specified a requirement or preference for men and some specified irrelevant physical requirements for women" (6). "Human Rights Watch found that in the Chinese government’s 2020 National Civil Service Position List, 11 percent of the postings specified a preference or requirement for men. In 2018 and 2019, the rate was 19 percent. In 2017, it was 13 percent. The...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:52 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The jump in female participation has happened partly by design. Since about 2013, the Japanese government has tried to make both public policies and corporate culture more friendly to women in the work force. The goal was to attract a new source of talent at a time when the world’s fourth-largest economy faces an aging and shrinking labor market" (Para 4). “Where Japan did well over the recent decade is putting the care infrastructure in place for working parents,” Nobuko Kobayashi, a partner at EY-Parthenon in Japan, wrote in an email" (Para 5). "Still, even some who were around when the “womenomics” policies were designed have been caught off guard...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The jump in female participation has happened partly by design. Since about 2013, the Japanese government has tried to make both public policies and corporate culture more friendly to women in the work force. The goal was to attract a new source of talent at a time when the world’s fourth-largest economy faces an aging and shrinking labor market" (Para 4). “Where Japan did well over the recent decade is putting the care infrastructure in place for working parents,” Nobuko Kobayashi, a partner at EY-Parthenon in Japan, wrote in an email" (Para 5). "Still, even some who were around when the “womenomics” policies were designed have been caught off guard...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:50 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The jump in female participation has happened partly by design. Since about 2013, the Japanese government has tried to make both public policies and corporate culture more friendly to women in the work force. The goal was to attract a new source of talent at a time when the world’s fourth-largest economy faces an aging and shrinking labor market" (Para 4). “Where Japan did well over the recent decade is putting the care infrastructure in place for working parents,” Nobuko Kobayashi, a partner at EY-Parthenon in Japan, wrote in an email" (Para 5). "Still, even some who were around when the “womenomics” policies were designed have been caught off guard...more
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1
"The jump in female participation has happened partly by design. Since about 2013, the Japanese government has tried to make both public policies and corporate culture more friendly to women in the work force. The goal was to attract a new source of talent at a time when the world’s fourth-largest economy faces an aging and shrinking labor market" (Para 4). “Where Japan did well over the recent decade is putting the care infrastructure in place for working parents,” Nobuko Kobayashi, a partner at EY-Parthenon in Japan, wrote in an email" (Para 5). "Still, even some who were around when the “womenomics” policies were designed have been caught off guard...more