Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1993, published 80th ILC session (1993)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Morocco (Ratification: 1963)

1. The Committee notes the information supplied by the Government, particularly concerning Parliament's examination in May 1992 of the draft of the new Labour Code. It hopes that the draft has been adopted and that the Government will provide a copy of the new Code shortly.

2. With regard to conditions of employment in the public service, the Committee notes that Decree No. 2-63-164 of 14 November 1963, attached to the Government's report, establishes general rules for staff of various enterprises (including state enterprises). The Committee would appreciate receiving information on the practical measures taken or under consideration to ensure observance of the principle of equal access and promotion in respect of public sector jobs, together with recent statistical data on the number of women (and the proportion of women as compared to men) employed in the public service, public and semi-public enterprises and the number of women in managerial and high-level posts which, until recently, were reserved for men, e.g. magistrates, engineers, airline pilots, etc.

3. The Committee notes from the report that the Decree of 11 February 1972 regulating secondary education establishments is out of date in that women have been appointed to managerial positions in mixed establishments both in secondary and higher education. The Committee would appreciate recent statistics of the percentages of men and women employed in secondary and higher education establishments. The Committee again requests the Government to provide information on the status of the Order of 20 June 1963 establishing an examination for the award of permanent appointments to probationary short-term typists, section 2 of which refers only to women applicants.

4. The Committee notes that, according to the Government, the Order of 10 May 1971 establishing a vocational proficiency certificate makes no distinction between the sexes and that the definition of "young people" (jeunes gens) in section 4 of the Order applies to male and female applicants. It also notes that the new occupational training system guarantees equality of opportunity for male and female applicants to vocational training and applied technology institutes. The Committee refers to paragraphs 77 and 78 of its 1988 General Survey on Equality in Employment and Occupation, in which it indicates that training is of paramount importance in that it determines the actual possibilities of gaining access to employment and occupations, and asks the Government to state what specific measures have been taken or are under consideration to facilitate the access of girls to education, particularly secondary education and technical and vocational training.