Review article

https://doi.org/10.3935/zpfz.71.1.03

Mothers and Non-Mothers in the Labor Market: Mexican Regulations vs. the ILO Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183)

Barbara Stępień orcid.org/0000-0002-2430-5445 ; Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico

Abstract

This article aims to analyze the social and legal situation of women in the labor market, especially in relation to the impact which maternity status impresses upon this. The author intends to explain why women are discriminated in the labor market (notably once they become mothers) by applying current psychological and economic theories on discrimination. Furthermore, the International and Mexican legal frameworks on the prohibition of discrimination and maternity protection are herein discussed and analyzed. Finally, the author proposes introducing and developing paternity labor rights as a necessary condition to eradicate gender discrimination in the labor market.

Keywords

gender; discrimination; pay gap; maternity; paternity; labor rights

Hrčak ID:

258418

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/258418

Publication date:

31.5.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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