Ministry of Labour and Population Policy

Ministry of Labour and Social Policy | MLSP [Abbr.]

Ministry of Labour and Social Policy

67. Notes that the mechanisms of the Legal Representative within the Department for Equal Opportunities at the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, responsible for providing legal advice in cases of unequal treatment between women and men, does not function properly; calls on the Macedonian Government to take measures to improve the functioning of these mechanisms;

27. Expresses support for the database on violence against women currently being compiled by the Ministry for Family and Social Policies; asks that existing legislation on the creation of shelters for women who are victims of domestic violence be complemented with adequate follow-up mechanisms where municipalities fail to establish such shelters; supports the efforts of the Ministry for Family and Social Policies to raise penalties for forced early marriages, which must be eradicated, and encourages it to continue on this path; calls for further efforts to eradicate so-called ‘honour killings’; expresses renewed concern at the low le ...[+++]vel of social and economic inclusion of women and of participation by women in the labour force, in politics and at senior level in the administration, and encourages the government to adopt appropriate measures to promote a more central role for women in Turkey’s economic and political fabric; calls on all political parties to take specific action to further encourage women’s empowerment as regards active participation in politics; stresses the key role of education and professional training in promoting the social and economic inclusion of women, and the importance of mainstreaming gender equality in the legislative process and in the implementation of laws;

14. Regrets that the bill for a comprehensive anti-discrimination law protecting citizens from discrimination in the fields of employment, access to goods and services, education, public institutions and private life, proposed by the Government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 28 January 2010, does not recognise sexual orientation as a ground of discrimination; points out that such provisions have been included in previous drafts of the legislation seen by the Commission and were mentioned in a report produced by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy; calls on the government in Skopje to bring the bill into line with ...[+++]the Employment Framework Directive (2000/78/EC) and the proposed directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (COM(2008)0426);

14. Regrets that the bill for a comprehensive anti-discrimination law protecting citizens from discrimination in the fields of employment, access to goods and services, education, public institutions and private life, proposed by the Government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 28 January 2010, does not recognise sexual orientation as a ground of discrimination; points out that such provisions have been included in previous drafts of the legislation seen by the Commission and were mentioned in a report produced by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy; calls on the government in Skopje to bring the bill into line with ...[+++]the Employment Framework Directive (2000/78/EC) and the proposed directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation (COM(2008)0426 );