Observation (CEACR) - adopted 2009, published 99th ILC session (2010)

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Peru (Ratification: 1970)

Equality between men and women. Policies, plans, programmes and application. In its previous comments, the Committee noted the adoption of Act No. 28983 of 2007, Law of Equality of Opportunity for Men and Women, and asked the Government to provide information concerning the policies, plans and programmes adopted under this Law. The Committee notes that since the entry into force of this law, a budget with a focus on gender has been approved at the national level (Act No. 29083, National Budget System). On the basis of this budget, public authorities include the impact of gender equality policies in the analysis of budget evaluation. The Committee notes that among the national policies to be implemented by the national government authorities, the second policy “equality between men and women” was adopted together with targets and indicators. The Committee notes that in 2007 various regional and local authorities referred to in the Government’s report adopted policies on equality of opportunity for men and women. With regard to education, the Government refers to inclusive education programmes and mentions, among others, Directive No. 001-2007-VMGP/DITOE which promotes the inclusion of a focus on gender in the initial, primary and secondary levels. The Government also provides information on the National Programme to Foster Literacy, as a result of which in 2007, 666,000 persons were taught to read and write throughout the country, 79 per cent of which were women. With regard to the indicators and statistical information, the Government indicates that it has developed a system to follow up and monitor the Plan of Equality of Opportunity for Men and Women and that the National Institute of Statistics and Computing prepared a Statistics Plan 2008–12 which will allow the development of indicators linked to the theme of gender. The Statistics Plan has included the disaggregation of the questions for the census with a focus on gender. The Committee notes that in 2010, official statistical information disaggregated by sex will be available with gender indicators and that in certain areas referred to in the Government’s report, such statistics already exist. Moreover, the Committee notes that three Observatories of Women have been established in Puno, Apurimac and Ayacucho. The Committee asks the Government to provide information on the implementation of the measures adopted, particularly the indicators and statistics and on any new measure adopted under the Law of Equality of Opportunity for Men and Women. Please also provide information on the participation of the social partners in the elaboration and implementation of these measures.

The Committee is raising other points in a request addressed directly to the Government.