Does legislation explicitly prohibit discrimination in terminations on the basis of sex?

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Does legislation explicitly prohibit discrimination in terminations on the basis of sex?

Map reflects policies in place as of August 2016. Updates of these data are currently in progress.

The term ‘sex’ refers to country references to ‘sex’ or ‘gender’ or specific protections for ‘female’ or ‘women’ employees.

Terminations includes explicit legislative prohibitions against discriminatory terminations or dismissals from the workplace, or guarantees of continuance of employment.

No prohibition means that legislation does not take an explicit approach to prohibiting discrimination in terminations on the basis of sex. This does not mean that legislation denies this guarantee.

General prohibition of discrimination in terminations means that legislation prohibits discrimination in terminations generally— for example, by prohibiting discrimination based on “any status” or stating no worker may be discriminated against. This general prohibition is not specifically extended on the basis of sex.

Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex means that legislation extends a prohibition of discrimination at the workplace on the basis of sex, but does not explicitly address terminations. These broad prohibitions use language that could extend prohibition of discrimination across any aspect of work.

Yes, sex-specific prohibition means that legislation either extends: a) an explicit prohibition of discriminatory terminations on the basis of sex, or b) extends a broad prohibition of workplace discrimination on the basis of sex alongside a general prohibition of discriminatory termination to all workers within the same legislation.

Countries

Afghanistan - No prohibition

The Philippines - No prohibition

Suriname - No prohibition

Sudan - No prohibition

Sri Lanka - No prohibition

South Sudan - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

Solomon Islands - No prohibition

Singapore - No prohibition

Sierra Leone - No prohibition

Senegal - No prohibition

Saudi Arabia - No prohibition

India - No prohibition

Qatar - No prohibition

Jamaica - No prohibition

Central African Republic - No prohibition

Jordan - No prohibition

Palau - No prohibition

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Pakistan - No prohibition

Nigeria - No prohibition

Lebanon - No prohibition

Nepal - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Malaysia - No prohibition

Mali - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Monaco - No prohibition

Bolivia - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Tuvalu - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

United Arab Emirates - No prohibition

Bangladesh - No prohibition

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

Ecuador - General prohibition of discrimination in terminations

Argentina - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Yemen - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Guatemala - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Algeria - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Guinea-Bissau - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Samoa - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Rwanda - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Russian Federation - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Belarus - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Iran - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Libya - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Paraguay - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Turkmenistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Papua New Guinea - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Panama - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Uzbekistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Oman - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Kyrgyzstan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Venezuela - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Thailand - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

San Marino - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Gabon - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Equatorial Guinea - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Tajikistan - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Chile - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

China - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Colombia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Sweden - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Croatia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Czech Republic - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

El Salvador - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Cuba - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Tunisia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Somalia - Broad prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex

Serbia - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Switzerland - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Niger - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Nicaragua - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Syria - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

New Zealand - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

The Netherlands - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Vietnam - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Tanzania - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Vanuatu - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Seychelles - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Turkey - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Mozambique - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Zambia - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Morocco - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Slovenia - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Montenegro - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Mongolia - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Namibia - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Timor-Leste - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Norway - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Poland - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Sao Tome and Principe - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Romania - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Ukraine - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

St. Kitts and Nevis - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

St. Lucia - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Portugal - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Spain - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Peru - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

United Kingdom - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Togo - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Slovakia - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Uganda - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

United States of America - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Uruguay - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Eswatini - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

South Africa - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Liberia - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Moldova - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Cyprus - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Canada - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Cabo Verde - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Chad - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Comoros - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Costa Rica - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Cote d'Ivoire - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Denmark - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Burundi - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Djibouti - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Dominica - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Dominican Republic - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Egypt - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Eritrea - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Estonia - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Ethiopia - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Cambodia - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Burkina Faso - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Finland - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Bahrain - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Andorra - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Angola - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Armenia - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Australia - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Austria - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Azerbaijan - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Bahamas - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Barbados - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Bulgaria - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Belgium - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Belize - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Benin - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Bhutan - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Botswana - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Brazil - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Fiji - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

France - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Mexico - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Lithuania - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Republic of Korea - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Kuwait - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Laos - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Latvia - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Lesotho - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Albania - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Liechtenstein - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Luxembourg - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Kenya - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

North Macedonia - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Madagascar - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Malawi - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Maldives - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Malta - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Mauritania - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Mauritius - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Kiribati - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Kazakhstan - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

The Gambia - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Guyana - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Georgia - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Germany - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Ghana - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Greece - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Greenland - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Grenada - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Guinea - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Haiti - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Japan - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Honduras - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Hungary - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Iceland - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Indonesia - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Iraq - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Ireland - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Israel - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Italy - Yes, sex-specific prohibition

Zimbabwe - Yes, sex-specific prohibition