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Closing statement
Women in labor market conference
(Women in work)
THURSDAY, 6 NOVEMBER, 2008
Based on the results deduced from the first distinguished stage
of the field study around the effect of structural adaptation
policies on the work circumstances surrounding the Egyptian
female workers, we concluded the following:
• An increase in recent years in the number of female workers in
different industries. This increase is accompanied by many forms
of violations, including: working without any guarantees,
forbidding any chance for promotion or training, discharging
arbitrarly, being exposed to forms of harassment, discrimination
and pressure
• Public policies help in allowing for violations against female
workers
• women participating in protest movements playing the role of a
partner besides men. ( not sure what this means)
Building on all the above, we call the different parties to be
responsible as follows:
• the government :
• To Work according to the international criteria for labor and
to activate sponsorship mechanisms. ( what are sponsorship
mechanisms?_)
• To Expand the legal protection to include all female workers
in Egypt.
• To List special articles in law which serve to protect women
from the violations they exposed to in work.
• The Media:
• To unite with Egypt’s female workers through exposing women’s
issues in general, and the concerns of marginalized groups in
particular
• To highlight the existing contrast between local laws and
international conventions to which Egypt is a party to, in
accordance with the assigned role of the media in shaping public
awareness.
• To expose the violations women workers are subjected to,
especially outside Cairo and with do not get enough media
coverage .
• Political Parties:
• To make women’s issues part of their parties’ agenda
• To Pressure parliamentarians circles to activate the
international conventions and criteria in work laws.
• Labor Syndicates:
• To find effective syndicate mechanisms to raise workers
demands, which includes those involved in temporary and
irregular labor.
• Civil Society:
• To support female workers and help them realize their rights.
• To provide legal and psychological support to workers.
• To Form observation units and mechanisms to monitor the
violations women are exposed to at work, issuing reports and
widely spread them.
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