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

Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) - Pakistan (Ratification: 1961)

Gender equality and the informal economy. The Committee recalls its request to the Government to provide information on the measures taken to provide labour protection to women in the informal economy. In reply, the Government generally refers to the 2009 Labour Protection Policy, which aims at extending protection to workers in the informal economy, the self-employed, contract workers, seasonal workers and home workers. The Committee requests the Government to provide information on the specific measures taken to enhance the protection of these workers, many of whom are women, and to indicate whether any consideration is being given to ratifying the Home Work Convention, 1996 (No. 177).