eliminate gender discrimination in the workplace

Resolution to eliminate gender discrimination in the workplace Author: Luxembourg
Signatories:Congo,France,Slovakia,Slovenia,Singapore,Canada,Cuba

Subject: Gender discrimination in the labor market

1. Knowing that most of the countries face gender discrimination today, the main problem of the ILO is to stop it,
2. To spread the awareness of the rights in order to remove the social stigma attached to sexual harassment,
3. Realizing that women are as capable to do a certain piece of work as an equally qualified man,
4. By observing that the steps taken by the NGO’S and the government are not enough,

The delegate of Luxembourg feels that the following steps should be taken to eliminate gender discrimination in the workplace.

(i) The implementation of the Civil Rights Act that states
(ii) The workplaces should have clear company policies regarding their non-discriminatory rules.
(iii) Start in the classroom by teaching children that gender discrimination is not right.
• If girls are offered equal opportunities both academically and in their careers, they will grow up to enter the workplace assured that their talents and abilities will not be overlooked.
(iv) Illustrating to men that there is a no-tolerance policy on discriminating against women will prevent perfectly capable women from being dismissed from promotion possibilities, as in the case of Price Waterhouse v.
(v) Provide adequate health care to all people. Without health care, women are at a higher risk for death due to complications from pregnancy. This is especially true in developing countries.

(vi) Encourage critical thinking when it comes to the media. The media often represent negative images of both genders

•Through education on how to interpret the media, people can come to see that it does not represent real life.
(vii) Recruit men in the fight against gender discrimination. Gender discrimination happens because people think that men are better than women are. It seems obvious that women would want to change the system, but men are less likely to want to give up their positions of power. However, when men take part in resisting gender discrimination--by treating women with respect, by paying female employees the same rates as men and by encouraging other men to express feelings, for example--the movement towards gender equality is strengthened.
(viii) Recruit men in the fight against gender discrimination. Gender discrimination happens because people think that men are better than women are. It seems obvious that women would want to change the system, but men are less likely to want to give up their positions of power. However, when men take part in resisting gender discrimination--by treating women with respect, by paying female employees the same rates as men and by encouraging their sons to express feelings, for example--the movement towards gender equality is strengthened.
(ix) Employers can approach sex discrimination by implementing gender-related education and training programs. These programs are designed to raise employee awareness of gender issues and how these issues influences inter-office relationships. Education and training initiatives help employees explore attitudes and belief systems about gender topics. They encourage dialogue between participants that focus on gender. The programs help establish interpersonal relationships and discourage sex discrimination in the workplace.
(x) Employers can approach sex discrimination by performing a workplace audit to identify internal practices that lead to this practice. For example, an employer may discover that only men are promoted to management positions within the organization. An audit could jump-start initiatives to recruit and retain women for management positions.
(xi) The government of countries facing discrimination should try to Employers can approach sex discrimination by performing a workplace audit to identify internal practices that lead to this practice. For example, an employer may discover that only men are promoted to management positions within the organization. An audit could jump-start initiatives to recruit and retain women for management positions.
(xii) Implementation of the Pregnancy discrimination act (PDA) in every country.
• Under PDA law, employers must not discriminate against a pregnant employee who is still able to do her job properly. Employers have to treat her like they treat any other employee.
(xiii) Employers should also provide temporary benefits for pregnant employees.
(xiv) Implementation of Equal Pay Act (EPA)
(xv) It is important for employees and employers to be aware about gender discrimination because not only is it illegal and damaging for the victims, who usually are women, but it also have negative effects for the company. It can cause the company to lose money and can prevent the company from achieving better productivity, efficiency and maximizing its resources.
(xvi) Employers should not use gender as a reason for assigning a job because of the preference of customers, clients or other employees. Customer preference is not a legitimate and protected reason to treat employees differently based on gender.
(xvii) Implementation of the World Bank Gender Action Plan in every country

The delegate of Luxembourg thinks that these laws should be implemented in the workplace to stop gender discrimination in the workplace.