A few days ago I shared the results of a survey, in which we talked about the relationship - or rather, the difficulties - that exist between motherhood and working women. In it, 48% of the women surveyed commented that they were overlooked in opportunities for job growth, just because they had children.
Now, a report by the National Council to Prevent Discrimination (CONAPRED) in Mexico reports that pregnancy is the first cause of discrimination against women in Mexico, especially in the labor field.
According to recent CONAPRED figures, the main causes for which women suffer discrimination in Mexico are: pregnancy, gender, sexual orientation or preference and age.
Between 2011 and 2017, CONAPRED received 2,528 discrimination complaints, filed by women, of which 71% were related to acts of discrimination in the workplace. Of these, 801 cases were complaints of discrimination because of a pregnancy, followed by 458 cases of gender discrimination. And we speak only of cases that have been reported, because surely many occur without any legal action.
In the National Survey of Discrimination 2010 in Mexico, 56% of women agreed that their rights were not respected, and in the National Survey on the Dynamics of Home Relations in 2011, one in seven women from 15 years or more, he declared to have gone through any of the following situations:
- A non-pregnancy certificate was requested as a requirement to enter a new job.
- The contract was not renewed, his salary was reduced, or he was fired from his job, and all because of a pregnancy.
According to the CONAPRED report, most of the complaints were resolved and as a result of such cases "labor statutes have been modified so that women receive the same benefits as men and policies of permanence and promotion in employment have been included under a non-discrimination perspective. In the same way, training has been given and the formation of follow-up committees for the immediate attention of complaints due to discriminatory acts has been encouraged.".
