Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1999, published 88th ILC session (2000)

1. The Committee notes with interest that section 73(1) of the 1998 Labour Act (Act No. 8/28 of 20 July 1998) establishes that female workers are entitled to the same rights and opportunities as male workers. Section 73(1) contemplates the creation of the requisite conditions to facilitate the integration of women into the labour force. The Committee requests the Government to provide information, in its next report, on the manner in which section 73(1) is applied in practice and to indicate in particular what specific measures have been taken or are envisaged to promote the integration of women into the labour market in Mozambique. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide information, including statistical data, on the percentage of women in the labour force and the distribution of men and women in the various sectors of the economy, in both the public and private sectors.

2. The Committee would be grateful if the Government would provide information in its next report regarding the activities of the National Labour Inspectorate in implementing the Convention and the relevant provisions of the 1998 Act, including the number of inspections carried out during the reporting period, the number of employment discrimination violations found, the action taken and the outcome.

3. The Committee requests the Government to provide copies of any administrative or judicial decisions issued during the reporting period relevant to the application of the non-discrimination principle of the Convention.