Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Chile (Ratification: 1971)

1. The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in response to its previous direct request, in which the Committee referred to the principle of equality of opportunity and treatment between men and women. It notes with interest the activities carried out between 1992 and 1997 by the National Women's Service (SERNAM) on different aspects of occupational guidance, vocational training and labour rights. The Committee also notes the presentation of a draft law on sexual harassment.

The Committee requests the Government to keep it informed with regard to the activities undertaken and the results obtained by SERNAM in achieving equality of opportunity and treatment between men and women and asks it to provide a copy of the sexual harassment law once it is adopted.

2. The Committee refers to section 349 of the Commercial Code, pursuant to which married women who have not wholly separated their assets from those of their husband's must obtain their husband's permission before entering into a partnership agreement. The Committee requests the Government to provide it with information regarding the measures taken or envisaged in order to secure the observance of the Convention, which guarantees equal access to employment for both men and women.