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Does legislation explicitly prohibit discrimination in access to employer-provided training on the basis of parenting status?
Map reflects policies in place as of August 2016. Updates of these data are currently in progress.
Employer-provided training
refers to vocational training or retraining opportunities provided by an employer.
Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on parenting status
means that legislation extends a prohibition of discrimination at the workplace using gender-neutral references to caregiving (‘parenthood’, ‘having children’, ‘single parents’, workers with ‘family responsibilities’), but does not explicitly address discrimination in employer-provided training. These broad prohibitions use language that could extend prohibition of discrimination across any aspect of workplace.
Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers only
means that legislation either: a) extends an explicit prohibition of discrimination in employer-provided training to mothers, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of motherhood alongside a general prohibition of discrimination in employer-provided training to all workers. Country legislation does not prohibit any of these forms of workplace discrimination on the basis of fatherhood.
Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
means that legislation prohibits discrimination in employer-provided training on the basis of both motherhood and fatherhood by either: a) extending an explicit prohibition of discrimination in employer-provided training on the basis of motherhood and/or fatherhood, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of motherhood and/or fatherhood alongside a general prohibition of discrimination in employer-provided training to all workers.
Countries
Afghanistan
- No prohibition
Norway
- No prohibition
Mozambique
- No prohibition
Myanmar
- No prohibition
Nauru
- No prohibition
Nepal
- No prohibition
Niger
- No prohibition
Nigeria
- No prohibition
Oman
- No prohibition
Monaco
- No prohibition
Pakistan
- No prohibition
Palau
- No prohibition
Panama
- No prohibition
Papua New Guinea
- No prohibition
Paraguay
- No prohibition
Peru
- No prohibition
The Philippines
- No prohibition
Morocco
- No prohibition
Federated States of Micronesia
- No prohibition
Qatar
- No prohibition
Kuwait
- No prohibition
Jamaica
- No prohibition
Japan
- No prohibition
Jordan
- No prohibition
Kazakhstan
- No prohibition
Kenya
- No prohibition
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- No prohibition
Republic of Korea
- No prohibition
Laos
- No prohibition
Mauritania
- No prohibition
Lebanon
- No prohibition
Lesotho
- No prohibition
Libya
- No prohibition
Madagascar
- No prohibition
Malaysia
- No prohibition
Mali
- No prohibition
Marshall Islands
- No prohibition
Poland
- No prohibition
San Marino
- No prohibition
Iran
- No prohibition
United Arab Emirates
- No prohibition
Trinidad and Tobago
- No prohibition
Tunisia
- No prohibition
Turkey
- No prohibition
Turkmenistan
- No prohibition
Tuvalu
- No prohibition
Uganda
- No prohibition
United States of America
- No prohibition
Togo
- No prohibition
Uruguay
- No prohibition
Uzbekistan
- No prohibition
Vanuatu
- No prohibition
Venezuela
- No prohibition
Vietnam
- No prohibition
Yemen
- No prohibition
Zambia
- No prohibition
Tonga
- No prohibition
Timor-Leste
- No prohibition
Saudi Arabia
- No prohibition
Sri Lanka
- No prohibition
Senegal
- No prohibition
- No prohibition
Sierra Leone
- No prohibition
Singapore
- No prohibition
Solomon Islands
- No prohibition
Somalia
- No prohibition
South Sudan
- No prohibition
St. Kitts and Nevis
- No prohibition
Thailand
- No prohibition
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- No prohibition
Sudan
- No prohibition
Suriname
- No prohibition
Eswatini
- No prohibition
Sweden
- No prohibition
Syria
- No prohibition
Tajikistan
- No prohibition
Iraq
- No prohibition
Zimbabwe
- No prohibition
Indonesia
- No prohibition
Brunei
- No prohibition
Bolivia
- No prohibition
Cabo Verde
- No prohibition
Ethiopia
- No prohibition
Botswana
- No prohibition
Eritrea
- No prohibition
Equatorial Guinea
- No prohibition
El Salvador
- No prohibition
Egypt
- No prohibition
Ecuador
- No prohibition
Dominican Republic
- No prohibition
Dominica
- No prohibition
Djibouti
- No prohibition
Burkina Faso
- No prohibition
Benin
- No prohibition
Cuba
- No prohibition
India
- No prohibition
Cote d'Ivoire
- No prohibition
Costa Rica
- No prohibition
Burundi
- No prohibition
Republic of the Congo
- No prohibition
Cambodia
- No prohibition
Cameroon
- No prohibition
Comoros
- No prohibition
Colombia
- No prohibition
China
- No prohibition
Chile
- No prohibition
Chad
- No prohibition
Bhutan
- No prohibition
Central African Republic
- No prohibition
Gabon
- No prohibition
Bahamas
- No prohibition
Haiti
- No prohibition
Iceland
- No prohibition
Guinea
- No prohibition
Angola
- No prohibition
Andorra
- No prohibition
Greenland
- No prohibition
Azerbaijan
- No prohibition
Antigua and Barbuda
- No prohibition
Algeria
- No prohibition
Ghana
- No prohibition
Honduras
- No prohibition
Bangladesh
- No prohibition
Belarus
- No prohibition
Bahrain
- No prohibition
Georgia
- No prohibition
Barbados
- No prohibition
Ukraine
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only
Nicaragua
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only
Samoa
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only
Rwanda
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only
Belize
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only
Lithuania
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only
Armenia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only
The Gambia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only
Guatemala
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only
Kyrgyzstan
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only
Belgium
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only
Mongolia
- Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination for mothers only
Guinea-Bissau
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers only
The Netherlands
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers only
United Kingdom
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers only
Germany
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers only
Spain
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
South Africa
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Canada
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Austria
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
St. Lucia
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Argentina
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Australia
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Bulgaria
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Brazil
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Switzerland
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Tanzania
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Croatia
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Slovenia
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Greece
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Maldives
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Malawi
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
North Macedonia
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Luxembourg
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Liechtenstein
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Albania
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Latvia
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
France
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Grenada
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Kiribati
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Guyana
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Hungary
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Italy
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Israel
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Ireland
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Malta
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Mauritius
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Slovakia
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Czech Republic
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Serbia
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Sao Tome and Principe
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Russian Federation
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Romania
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Portugal
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Cyprus
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Denmark
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Mexico
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
New Zealand
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Namibia
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Estonia
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Montenegro
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Fiji
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Moldova
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Finland
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
Liberia
- Prohibition of discrimination in training for mothers and fathers
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