On the morning of October 30
High 13th National People's Congress Standing Committee
High 37th meeting reviewed and passed
High The newly revised Women's Rights Protection Law
High 9 chapters and 61 articles before the revision of the Women's Rights Protection Law. After this revision, has increased to 10 chapters and a total of 86 articles. The law will come into effect on January 1, 2023.
This law fully implements the basic national policy of equality between men and women. It not only clearly stipulates that the state takes necessary measures in the general provisions to promote equality between men and women, but also continuously enriches and improves the specific institutional provisions for the protection of women's rights and interests in each chapter. ensures that women enjoy equal rights with men in political, economic, cultural, social and family life, and ensures that women participate equally in social life, obtain equal development opportunities, and enjoy equal development results.
Eliminate Employment of gender discrimination in employment
The newly revised Women's Rights Protection Law stipulates women's political rights, personal and personal rights, cultural and educational rights, labor and social security rights, property rights, marriage and family rights and interests, etc. On the basis of embodying and implementing comprehensive protection, we will focus more on combining women's own characteristics and the actual work of women, emphasizing the protection of special rights and interests enjoyed by women in accordance with the law and taking into account women's special needs. provides special protection based on women's characteristics in many aspects such as medical care and health inspections, public facilities construction, maternity service guarantee, prevention and treatment of sexual harassment, and eliminating employment gender discrimination.
At the same time, it is clear that the working mechanism for protecting women's rights and interests is established with government-led, coordination among all parties, and social participation. From the formulation and implementation of women's development plans, provision of funding, improvement of the statistical survey system for women's development status, development of women's health and health, eliminates employment gender discrimination, prevents and deals with illegal and criminal acts that infringe on women's rights and interests, improves specific guarantee measures for the government and its relevant departments.
emphasizes that women's personal dignity is not violated
In terms of improving personal and personal rights, the newly revised Women's Rights Protection Law mainly makes the following provisions:
Move Chapter 6 " Personal Rights " forward as the third chapter, and modify the chapter name to "personal and personal rights", highlighting the important position of personal and personal rights.
emphasizes that women’s personal dignity is not violated.
emphasizes the prohibition of fetal gender identification and gender-selective artificial termination of pregnancy. stipulates that when medical institutions perform relevant medical activities, they should respect the wishes of women.
On the basis of prohibiting trafficking and kidnapping of women, stipulates the government and relevant departments, villagers' committees, and residents' committees to report and rescue, resettle, rescue, care for trafficked and kidnapped women.
On the basis of prohibiting sexual harassment against women, further improves the system and mechanism for preventing and dealing with sexual harassment and sexual assault.
stipulates that accommodation operators should strengthen security measures. If finds illegal and criminal acts that may infringe on women's rights and interests, they will promptly report them to the public security organs.
Media reports involve women's incidents, and should not infringe on women's personal rights and interests.
Strengthen the protection of women's rights and interests in marriage and dating relationships, and expand the scope of application of personal safety protection order .
stipulates the establishment and improvement of women's health service system, mental health service support, and full birth cycle system health care system, set up maternal and child health care institutions, regularly arrange health checks for female employees, and reasonably equip public facilities to meet women's needs.
It is clear that female employees should not be restricted from being promoted to
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In terms of improving labor and social security rights, the newly revised Women's Rights Protection Law stipulates that it eliminates employment gender discrimination, clarifies the specific circumstances of employment gender discrimination, and includes employment gender discrimination in the scope of labor security supervision . It stipulates the relevant responsibilities for protecting the rights and interests of female employees in an employer. clearly states that the labor (employment) contract or service agreement should include relevant content for protecting the rights and interests of female employees.
At the same time, it is necessary to improve the maternity security system for employees, clarify the maternity security obligations of employers to female employees, and require employers shall not restrict female employees from promoting, upgrading, evaluating and appointing professional and technical titles and positions due to marriage, pregnancy, maternity leave, breastfeeding, etc.
Source: Guangzhou Pufa
