WORLD Policy Analysis Center

Is there at least some explicit legislative prohibition of workplace discrimination based on gender expression?

The term “gender expression” includes terms such as “gender-related appearance or mannerisms”.

No means that country legislation does not explicitly prohibit workplace discrimination based on gender expression broadly, nor specifically against discrimination in hiring, promotions and/or demotions, training, pay, nor terminations

Yes means that the country does explicitly prohibit at least one of these forms of workplace discrimination based on gender expression in legislation.

Countries

Afghanistan - No explicit prohibition

Brunei - No explicit prohibition

Malaysia - No explicit prohibition

Micronesia, Federated States of - No explicit prohibition

Myanmar - No explicit prohibition

Nauru - No explicit prohibition

Nigeria - No explicit prohibition

Palau - No explicit prohibition

Singapore - No explicit prohibition

Solomon Islands - No explicit prohibition

Sri Lanka - No explicit prohibition

Sudan - No explicit prohibition

Tonga - No explicit prohibition

Albania - Prohibition based on gender

Algeria - Prohibition based on gender

Angola - Prohibition based on gender

Antigua and Barbuda - Prohibition based on gender

Armenia - Prohibition based on gender

Austria - Prohibition based on gender

Azerbaijan - Prohibition based on gender

Bahamas - Prohibition based on gender

Bahrain - Prohibition based on gender

Bangladesh - Prohibition based on gender

Barbados - Prohibition based on gender

Belarus - Prohibition based on gender

Belize - Prohibition based on gender

Benin - Prohibition based on gender

Bhutan - Prohibition based on gender

Bolivia - Prohibition based on gender

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Prohibition based on gender

Botswana - Prohibition based on gender

Brazil - Prohibition based on gender

Bulgaria - Prohibition based on gender

Burkina Faso - Prohibition based on gender

Burundi - Prohibition based on gender

Cambodia - Prohibition based on gender

Cameroon - Prohibition based on gender

Canada - Prohibition based on gender

Cabo Verde - Prohibition based on gender

Central African Republic - Prohibition based on gender

Chad - Prohibition based on gender

Chile - Prohibition based on gender

China - Prohibition based on gender

Colombia - Prohibition based on gender

Comoros - Prohibition based on gender

Republic of the Congo - Prohibition based on gender

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Prohibition based on gender

Costa Rica - Prohibition based on gender

Cote d'Ivoire - Prohibition based on gender

Cuba - Prohibition based on gender

Cyprus - Prohibition based on gender

Czech Republic - Prohibition based on gender

Djibouti - Prohibition based on gender

Dominica - Prohibition based on gender

Dominican Republic - Prohibition based on gender

Ecuador - Prohibition based on gender

Egypt - Prohibition based on gender

El Salvador - Prohibition based on gender

Equatorial Guinea - Prohibition based on gender

Eritrea - Prohibition based on gender

Estonia - Prohibition based on gender

Ethiopia - Prohibition based on gender

France - Prohibition based on gender

Gabon - Prohibition based on gender

The Gambia - Prohibition based on gender

Germany - Prohibition based on gender

Ghana - Prohibition based on gender

Greece - Prohibition based on gender

Greenland - Prohibition based on gender

Grenada - Prohibition based on gender

Guatemala - Prohibition based on gender

Guinea - Prohibition based on gender

Guinea-Bissau - Prohibition based on gender

Guyana - Prohibition based on gender

Haiti - Prohibition based on gender

Honduras - Prohibition based on gender

Hungary - Prohibition based on gender

India - Prohibition based on gender

Indonesia - Prohibition based on gender

Iran - Prohibition based on gender

Iraq - Prohibition based on gender

Ireland - Prohibition based on gender

Israel - Prohibition based on gender

Italy - Prohibition based on gender

Jamaica - Prohibition based on gender

Japan - Prohibition based on gender

Jordan - Prohibition based on gender

Kazakhstan - Prohibition based on gender

Kenya - Prohibition based on gender

Kiribati - Prohibition based on gender

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Prohibition based on gender

Republic of Korea - Prohibition based on gender

Kuwait - Prohibition based on gender

Kyrgyzstan - Prohibition based on gender

Laos - Prohibition based on gender

Latvia - Prohibition based on gender

Lebanon - Prohibition based on gender

Lesotho - Prohibition based on gender

Liberia - Prohibition based on gender

Libya - Prohibition based on gender

Liechtenstein - Prohibition based on gender

Lithuania - Prohibition based on gender

Luxembourg - Prohibition based on gender

North Macedonia - Prohibition based on gender

Madagascar - Prohibition based on gender

Malawi - Prohibition based on gender

Maldives - Prohibition based on gender

Mali - Prohibition based on gender

Marshall Islands - Prohibition based on gender

Mauritania - Prohibition based on gender

Mauritius - Prohibition based on gender

Mexico - Prohibition based on gender

Moldova - Prohibition based on gender

Monaco - Prohibition based on gender

Montenegro - Prohibition based on gender

Morocco - Prohibition based on gender

Mozambique - Prohibition based on gender

Namibia - Prohibition based on gender

Nepal - Prohibition based on gender

New Zealand - Prohibition based on gender

Nicaragua - Prohibition based on gender

Niger - Prohibition based on gender

Oman - Prohibition based on gender

Panama - Prohibition based on gender

Papua New Guinea - Prohibition based on gender

Paraguay - Prohibition based on gender

Peru - Prohibition based on gender

The Philippines - Prohibition based on gender

Poland - Prohibition based on gender

Portugal - Prohibition based on gender

Qatar - Prohibition based on gender

Romania - Prohibition based on gender

Russian Federation - Prohibition based on gender

Rwanda - Prohibition based on gender

Samoa - Prohibition based on gender

San Marino - Prohibition based on gender

Sao Tome and Principe - Prohibition based on gender

Saudi Arabia - Prohibition based on gender

Senegal - Prohibition based on gender

Serbia - Prohibition based on gender

Seychelles - Prohibition based on gender

Sierra Leone - Prohibition based on gender

Slovakia - Prohibition based on gender

Somalia - Prohibition based on gender

South Africa - Prohibition based on gender

South Sudan - Prohibition based on gender

St. Kitts and Nevis - Prohibition based on gender

St. Lucia - Prohibition based on gender

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Prohibition based on gender

Suriname - Prohibition based on gender

Eswatini - Prohibition based on gender

Switzerland - Prohibition based on gender

Syria - Prohibition based on gender

Tajikistan - Prohibition based on gender

Tanzania - Prohibition based on gender

Thailand - Prohibition based on gender

Timor-Leste - Prohibition based on gender

Togo - Prohibition based on gender

Trinidad and Tobago - Prohibition based on gender

Tunisia - Prohibition based on gender

Türkiye - Prohibition based on gender

Turkmenistan - Prohibition based on gender

Tuvalu - Prohibition based on gender

Uganda - Prohibition based on gender

Ukraine - Prohibition based on gender

United Arab Emirates - Prohibition based on gender

United Kingdom - Prohibition based on gender

United States of America - Prohibition based on gender

Uruguay - Prohibition based on gender

Uzbekistan - Prohibition based on gender

Vanuatu - Prohibition based on gender

Venezuela - Prohibition based on gender

Vietnam - Prohibition based on gender

Yemen - Prohibition based on gender

Zambia - Prohibition based on gender

Zimbabwe - Prohibition based on gender

Andorra - Prohibition based on gender expression

Argentina - Prohibition based on gender expression

Australia - Prohibition based on gender expression

Belgium - Prohibition based on gender expression

Croatia - Prohibition based on gender expression

Denmark - Prohibition based on gender expression

Fiji - Prohibition based on gender expression

Finland - Prohibition based on gender expression

Georgia - Prohibition based on gender expression

Iceland - Prohibition based on gender expression

Malta - Prohibition based on gender expression

Mongolia - Prohibition based on gender expression

The Netherlands - Prohibition based on gender expression

Norway - Prohibition based on gender expression

Pakistan - Prohibition based on gender expression

Slovenia - Prohibition based on gender expression

Spain - Prohibition based on gender expression

Sweden - Prohibition based on gender expression