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Women Workers
auf Deutsch
Women throughout the world are
denied human rights in the labor force with no effective redress. Governments
turn a blind eye to illegal practices and enact and enforce discriminatory
laws. Corporations and private individuals engage in abusive and sexist
practices without fear of official condemnation or sanction. For example,
job advertisements in Ukraine
often specify "man" among the requirements for work in business and government
agencies, and employers often deny women employment based on age and marital
status and family status. Private manufacturing companies in Mexico, Guatemala, Dominican Republic routinely
oblige female job applicants to undergo pregnancy exams as a condition
of work and deny work to pregnant women. South
African farm owners deny black women farm workers legal contracts,
pay them less than men for similar work, and deny them maternity benefits.
Guatemala’s labor code denies
live-in domestic workers — many of whom are indigenous women — equal rights
under the labor code. Women are often the last chosen for retraining programs
and the first to be fired, particularly in transitional economies and in
economic recessions, when downsizing leads to discrimination. Sexual harassment
and violence in the workplace are common and constant threats to working
women’s lives and livelihoods. Women migrant workers in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia are especially vulnerable
to abuse, including trafficking and forced labor.
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