(h)
Recognize collective bargaining as a right and as an important
mechanism for eliminating wage inequality for women and to improve
working conditions;
(i)
Promote the election of women trade union officials and ensure that
trade union officials elected to represent women are given job
protection and physical security in connection with the discharge of
their functions;
(j)
Ensure access to and develop special programmes to enable women with
disabilities to obtain and retain employment, and ensure access to
education and training at all proper levels, in accordance with the
Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with
Disabilities; 30/ adjust working conditions, to the extent possible,
in order to suit the needs of women with disabilities, who should be
assured legal protection against unfounded job loss on account of
their disabilities;
(k)
Increase efforts to close the gap between women’s and men’s pay, take
steps to implement the principle of equal remuneration for equal work
of equal value by strengthening legislation, including compliance with
international labour laws and standards, and encourage job evaluation
schemes with gender-neutral criteria;
(l)
Establish and/or strengthen mechanisms to adjudicate matters relating
to wage discrimination;
(m)
Set specific target dates for eliminating all forms of child labour
that are contrary to accepted international standards and ensure the
full enforcement of relevant existing laws and, where appropriate,
enact the legislation necessary to implement the Convention on the
Rights of the Child and International Labour Organization standards,
ensuring the protection of working children, in particular, street
children, through the provision of appropriate health, education and
other social services;
(n)
Ensure that strategies to eliminate child labour also address the
excessive demands made on some girls for unpaid work in their
household and other households, where applicable;
(o)
Review, analyse and, where appropriate, reformulate the wage
structures in female-dominated professions, such as teaching, nursing
and child care, with a view to raising their low status and earnings;
(p)
Facilitate the productive employment of documented migrant women
(including women who have been determined refugees according to the
1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees) through greater
recognition of foreign education and credentials and by adopting an
integrated approach to labour market training that incorporates
language training.
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