International recommendation

Women and employment

Issue date:
Human rights body:
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Themes:
Access to employmentEquality and non-discriminationWorking conditions
Populations of concern:
Women
Source:
CEDAW/C/NOR/CO/10, para. 41

Recommended measures (3)

41. The Committee recommends that the State party:

Measure
Measure type:
Awareness-raising and dissemination
Responsible Ministries:
Ministry of Children and FamiliesMinistry of Labour and Social Inclusion

(a) Further strengthen its efforts to promote the equal sharing of child-raising and care responsibilities between women and men and to offer flexible working arrangements to women and men in all sectors.

Measure
Measure types:
Laws and regulationsStatistics and research
Responsible Ministries:
Ministry of Trade, Industry and FisheriesMinistry of Culture and Equality

(b) Adopt the draft gender equality law, which would require large companies to have their boards be least 40 per cent women, extend this quota to medium-scale companies and to the representation of women at the executive level, and conduct a study on the underrepresentation of women in managerial posts, with a view to identifying potential gender bias and developing strategies to address it.

Measure
Measure type:
Training and capacity building
Responsible Ministry:
Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

(c) Provide training and support programmes, combined with the active involvement of and incentives for employers, to facilitate access to the job market by women belonging to underrepresented groups, who are disadvantaged or marginalized because of discriminatory structures, institutions and systems, with a view to promoting their autonomy.