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61.
The Working Group calls on all States to ratify and ensure full compliance with
the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and
all relevant international human rights treaties and ILO conventions that guarantee
women’s rights to work and at work, as well as the optional protocols to the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and to
the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
62.
The Working Group additionally recommends the adoption of concrete
measures based on its analysis and taking into account promising practices identified
in the present report.
A.
General
63.
Among general recommendations, the Working Group recommends that
States:
(a)
Review and eliminate all discriminatory laws that create barriers to
women’s formal or informal employment;
(b)
Ensure that the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sex,
pregnancy or parenthood and caring responsibilities is extended and enforced for
women in all forms of work, including non-standard employment;
(c)
Strengthen legislation, regulations and accountability frameworks to
ensure transparency, including through sex-disaggregated data, on wages and
conditions, throughout global supply chains;
(d)
Recast economic policies and frameworks, including national budgets
and tax policies, to focus on human well-being, and prioritize the redistribution of
power and resources, the realization of human rights, environmental sustainability
and the generation of decent work for all.
B.
Freedom from violence and harassment in the changing world of work
64.
To address violence and harassment, the Working Group recommends that
States:
(a)
Ratify and ensure full implementation of the ILO Violence and
Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190);
(b)
Introduce and strengthen legal frameworks to prevent and effectively
respond to sexual harassment, ensuring coverage for all types of workers, particularly
workers in non-standard employment, and application to all workplaces, including
public spaces, transport, online and digital work platforms;
(c)
Introduce and strengthen labour legislation and regulations to address
intimate partner violence and domestic violence, including through the provision of
paid domestic violence leave;
(d)
Introduce regulations requiring employers to regularly report on their
efforts towards and progress made in preventing and responding to violence and
harassment of workers, and making transparent their data on sexual harassment
complaints and outcomes;
(e)
Strengthen regulatory frameworks for technology providers to ensure
they prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls online.
C.
Recognize, reduce and redistribute unpaid care and domestic work
65.
With regard to unpaid care and domestic work, the Working Group
recommends that States:
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