IV. GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED BY
THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
Eighth session (1989)*
General recommendation No. 13: Equal remuneration for work of equal value
The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women,
Recalling International Labour Organization Convention No. 100 concerning Equal
Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value, which has been ratified
by a large majority of States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women,
Recalling also that it has considered 51 initial and 5 second periodic reports of States
parties since 1983,
Considering that although reports of States parties indicate that, even though the principle
of equal remuneration for work of equal value has been accepted in the legislation of many
countries, more remains to be done to ensure the application of that principle in practice, in order
to overcome the gender-segregation in the labour market,
Recommends to the States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women that:
1.
In order to implement fully the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination against Women, those States parties that have not yet ratified ILO Convention
No. 100 should be encouraged to do so;
2.
They should consider the study, development and adoption of job evaluation systems
based on gender-neutral criteria that would facilitate the comparison of the value of those jobs of
a different nature, in which women presently predominate, with those jobs in which men
presently predominate, and they should include the results achieved in their reports to the
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women;
3.
They should support, as far as practicable, the creation of implementation machinery
and encourage the efforts of the parties to collective agreements, where they apply, to ensure the
application of the principle of equal remuneration for work of equal value.
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Contained in document A/44/38.