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Is there at least some explicit legislative prohibition of workplace discrimination based on pregnancy status?

The term “pregnancy” includes references to ‘pregnancy’ or ‘potential pregnancy.’ It does not include job protections that narrowly apply to leave-taking alone.

No means that country legislation does not explicitly prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of pregnancy broadly, nor specifically against discrimination in hiring, promotions and/or demotions, training, pay, nor terminations.

Yes means that country legislation does explicitly prohibit at least one of these forms of workplace discrimination on the basis of pregnancy.

Countries

Afghanistan - No

Antigua and Barbuda - No

Bangladesh - No

Central African Republic - No

Republic of the Congo - No

Micronesia, Federated States of - No

India - No

Iraq - No

Iran - No

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No

Marshall Islands - No

Mali - No

Mauritania - No

Nepal - No

Nauru - No

Palau - No

Qatar - No

Solomon Islands - No

Tonga - No

Trinidad and Tobago - No

Yemen - No

United Arab Emirates - Yes

Angola - Yes

Argentina - Yes

Australia - Yes

Azerbaijan - Yes

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Yes

Burkina Faso - Yes

Benin - Yes

Brazil - Yes

Bhutan - Yes

Belize - Yes

Canada - Yes

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Yes

Switzerland - Yes

Cote d'Ivoire - Yes

Chile - Yes

China - Yes

Costa Rica - Yes

Cuba - Yes

Cabo Verde - Yes

Cyprus - Yes

Czech Republic - Yes

Dominican Republic - Yes

Egypt - Yes

Spain - Yes

Fiji - Yes

France - Yes

Gabon - Yes

United Kingdom - Yes

Ghana - Yes

Greenland - Yes

The Gambia - Yes

Guinea - Yes

Equatorial Guinea - Yes

Greece - Yes

Guatemala - Yes

Guinea-Bissau - Yes

Guyana - Yes

Haiti - Yes

Israel - Yes

Italy - Yes

Japan - Yes

Kenya - Yes

Kyrgyzstan - Yes

St. Kitts and Nevis - Yes

Republic of Korea - Yes

Kuwait - Yes

Kazakhstan - Yes

Laos - Yes

St. Lucia - Yes

Liechtenstein - Yes

Sri Lanka - Yes

Lithuania - Yes

Luxembourg - Yes

Latvia - Yes

Libya - Yes

Monaco - Yes

Montenegro - Yes

Madagascar - Yes

North Macedonia - Yes

Malta - Yes

Mauritius - Yes

Malawi - Yes

Mexico - Yes

Mozambique - Yes

Niger - Yes

Nicaragua - Yes

The Netherlands - Yes

Norway - Yes

New Zealand - Yes

Oman - Yes

Panama - Yes

Peru - Yes

Papua New Guinea - Yes

The Philippines - Yes

Poland - Yes

Serbia - Yes

Russian Federation - Yes

Rwanda - Yes

Saudi Arabia - Yes

Seychelles - Yes

Sudan - Yes

Sierra Leone - Yes

San Marino - Yes

South Sudan - Yes

Sao Tome and Principe - Yes

El Salvador - Yes

Syria - Yes

Chad - Yes

Togo - Yes

Tajikistan - Yes

Timor-Leste - Yes

Turkmenistan - Yes

Tuvalu - Yes

Uganda - Yes

United States of America - Yes

Uzbekistan - Yes

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Yes

Venezuela - Yes

Samoa - Yes

South Africa - Yes

Zambia - Yes