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Is there at least some explicit legislative prohibition of workplace discrimination based on care responsibilities for working women?

The term “care responsibilities for working women” includes gender-neutral references to caregiving and gender-specific references. This variable does not capture job protections that narrowly apply to mothers’ leave-taking

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

Only for limited care needs means that country legislation prohibitions workplace discrimination only for specific care needs, such as parents of young children, children with disabilities, or single parents.

Only for caregivers of persons with disabilities or mothers, but not both means that legislation prohibitions discrimination against caregivers of children and adults with disabilities or against mothers or parents generally, but does not address both forms of care.

Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities means that country legislation does explicitly prohibit at least one of these forms of workplace discrimination on the basis of care responsibilities broadly or specifically for both caregivers of persons with disabilities and mothers.

Countries

Afghanistan - No prohibition

Algeria - No prohibition

Angola - No prohibition

Antigua and Barbuda - No prohibition

Bahamas - No prohibition

Bangladesh - No prohibition

Benin - No prohibition

Bhutan - No prohibition

Botswana - No prohibition

Brunei - No prohibition

Burundi - No prohibition

Cameroon - No prohibition

Canada - No prohibition

Central African Republic - No prohibition

Chad - No prohibition

China - No prohibition

Colombia - No prohibition

Republic of the Congo - No prohibition

Cuba - No prohibition

Dominica - No prohibition

El Salvador - No prohibition

Georgia - No prohibition

Ghana - No prohibition

Guinea-Bissau - No prohibition

Haiti - No prohibition

Iceland - No prohibition

India - No prohibition

Indonesia - No prohibition

Iran - No prohibition

Iraq - No prohibition

Jamaica - No prohibition

Japan - No prohibition

Jordan - No prohibition

Kenya - No prohibition

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Republic of Korea - No prohibition

Kuwait - No prohibition

Laos - No prohibition

Lebanon - No prohibition

Libya - No prohibition

Madagascar - No prohibition

Malaysia - No prohibition

Mali - No prohibition

Marshall Islands - No prohibition

Mauritania - No prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No prohibition

Monaco - No prohibition

Mozambique - No prohibition

Myanmar - No prohibition

Nauru - No prohibition

Nepal - No prohibition

Niger - No prohibition

Nigeria - No prohibition

Oman - No prohibition

Pakistan - No prohibition

Palau - No prohibition

Papua New Guinea - No prohibition

Paraguay - No prohibition

The Philippines - No prohibition

Poland - No prohibition

Qatar - No prohibition

Rwanda - No prohibition

San Marino - No prohibition

Saudi Arabia - No prohibition

Seychelles - No prohibition

Singapore - No prohibition

Solomon Islands - No prohibition

Somalia - No prohibition

Sri Lanka - No prohibition

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No prohibition

Sudan - No prohibition

Sweden - No prohibition

Tajikistan - No prohibition

Thailand - No prohibition

Timor-Leste - No prohibition

Tonga - No prohibition

Trinidad and Tobago - No prohibition

Tunisia - No prohibition

Uganda - No prohibition

United Arab Emirates - No prohibition

United Kingdom - No prohibition

United States of America - No prohibition

Uruguay - No prohibition

Vanuatu - No prohibition

Yemen - No prohibition

Zimbabwe - No prohibition

Azerbaijan - Only for limited care needs

Belarus - Only for limited care needs

Kazakhstan - Only for limited care needs

Turkmenistan - Only for limited care needs

Andorra - Only for caregivers of persons with disabilities or mothers, but not both

Austria - Only for caregivers of persons with disabilities or mothers, but not both

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Only for caregivers of persons with disabilities or mothers, but not both

Chile - Only for caregivers of persons with disabilities or mothers, but not both

Costa Rica - Only for caregivers of persons with disabilities or mothers, but not both

The Gambia - Only for caregivers of persons with disabilities or mothers, but not both

Germany - Only for caregivers of persons with disabilities or mothers, but not both

Greenland - Only for caregivers of persons with disabilities or mothers, but not both

Hungary - Only for caregivers of persons with disabilities or mothers, but not both

Israel - Only for caregivers of persons with disabilities or mothers, but not both

The Netherlands - Only for caregivers of persons with disabilities or mothers, but not both

Nicaragua - Only for caregivers of persons with disabilities or mothers, but not both

Panama - Only for caregivers of persons with disabilities or mothers, but not both

Venezuela - Only for caregivers of persons with disabilities or mothers, but not both

Albania - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Argentina - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Armenia - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Australia - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Bahrain - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Barbados - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Belgium - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Belize - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Bolivia - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Brazil - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Bulgaria - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Burkina Faso - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Cambodia - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Cabo Verde - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Comoros - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Cote d'Ivoire - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Croatia - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Cyprus - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Czech Republic - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Denmark - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Djibouti - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Dominican Republic - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Ecuador - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Egypt - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Equatorial Guinea - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Eritrea - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Estonia - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Ethiopia - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Fiji - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Finland - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

France - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Gabon - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Greece - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Grenada - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Guatemala - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Guinea - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Guyana - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Honduras - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Ireland - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Italy - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Kiribati - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Kyrgyzstan - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Latvia - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Lesotho - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Liberia - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Liechtenstein - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Lithuania - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Luxembourg - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

North Macedonia - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Malawi - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Maldives - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Malta - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Mauritius - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Mexico - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Moldova - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Mongolia - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Montenegro - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Morocco - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Namibia - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

New Zealand - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Norway - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Peru - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Portugal - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Romania - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Russian Federation - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Samoa - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Sao Tome and Principe - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Senegal - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Serbia - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Sierra Leone - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Slovakia - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Slovenia - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

South Africa - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

South Sudan - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Spain - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

St. Kitts and Nevis - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

St. Lucia - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Suriname - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Eswatini - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Switzerland - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Syria - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Tanzania - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Togo - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Türkiye - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Tuvalu - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Ukraine - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Uzbekistan - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Vietnam - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities

Zambia - Yes, prohibition for care responsibilities