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Maputo Protocol - Economic and social welfare -
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States Parties shall adopt and enforce legislative and other measures to guarantee women equal opportunities in work and career advancement and other economic opportunities. In this respect, they shall: a) promote equality of access to employment; b) promote the right to equal remuneration for jobs of equal value for women and men; c) ensure transparency in recruitment, promotion and dismissal of women and combat and punish sexual harassment in the workplace; d) guarantee women the freedom to choose their occupation, and protect them from exploitation by their employers violating and exploiting their fundamental rights as recognised and guaranteed by conventions, laws and regulations in force; e) create conditions to promote and support the occupations and economic activities of women, in particular, within the informal sector; f) establish a system of protection and social insurance for women working in the informal sector and sensitise them to adhere to it; g) introduce a minimum age for work and prohibit the employment of children below that age, and prohibit, combat and punish all forms of exploitation of children, especially the girl-child; h) take the necessary measures to recognise the economic value of the work of women in the home; i) guarantee adequate and paid pre- and post-natal maternity leave in both the private and public sectors; j) ensure the equal application of taxation laws to women and men; k) recognise and enforce the right of salaried women to the same allowances and entitlements as those granted to salaried men for their spouses and children; l) recognise that both parents bear the primary responsibility for the upbringing and development of children and that this is a social function for which the State and the private sector have secondary responsibility; m) take effective legislative and administrative measures to prevent the exploitation and abuse of women in advertising and pornography.
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