Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1991, published 78th ILC session (1991)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Afghanistan (Ratification: 1969)

The Committee refers to its previous comments and hopes that the Government will provide information in its next report on the following points raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

1. The Committee notes the reference in the Government's report to section 12 and Chapter IV of the Labour Code concerning vocational training. It would appreciate detailed information on the practical application of these provisions and in particular on the number and type of vocational training courses organised and the results obtained and on the percentage of women participants in such courses.

2. Referring to paragraphs 15, 157 and 170 of its 1988 General Survey on Equality in Employment and Occupation, the Committee asks the Government to provide detailed information on the practical methods used to implement the national policy to promote equality of opportunity and treatment in respect of employment and occupation, in particular as concerns equality of access to employment and equality in conditions of employment.

3. The Committee notes that the new Labour Code provides in section 3 that the Council of Ministers is responsible for the preparation, within three months, of the Civil Servants' Bill. The Committee hopes that the Bill has been adopted and that the Government will be able to supply a copy thereof.

4. The Committee would also be grateful if the Government would provide a copy of the list of jobs prohibited for women and minors which is to be established in accordance with section 127(3) of the Labour Code.