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Is there at least some explicit legislative prohibition of workplace discrimination based on maternal status?

The term “maternal status” includes gender-neutral references to caregiving (‘parenthood’, ‘having children’, workers with ‘family responsibilities’), and gender specific references to ‘motherhood’ or ‘maternity.’ For the purposes of this variable, the term “maternal status” captures all of these definitions, but it does not capture job protections that narrowly apply to mothers’ leave-taking alone.

No means that country legislation does not explicitly prohibit workplace discrimination on the basis of maternal status broadly, nor specifically against discrimination in hiring, promotions and/or demotions, training, pay, nor terminations.

Yes means that country legislation does explicitly prohibit at least one of these forms of workplace discrimination on the basis of maternal status.

Countries

Afghanistan - No

Antigua and Barbuda - No

Azerbaijan - No

Bangladesh - No

Benin - No

Central African Republic - No

Chad - No

China - No

Republic of the Congo - No

Cote d'Ivoire - No

Cuba - No

El Salvador - No

Equatorial Guinea - No

Gabon - No

Ghana - No

Haiti - No

India - No

Iran - No

Iraq - No

Japan - No

Kazakhstan - No

Kenya - No

Democratic People's Republic of Korea - No

Republic of Korea - No

Laos - No

Libya - No

Madagascar - No

Mali - No

Marshall Islands - No

Mauritania - No

Micronesia, Federated States of - No

Mozambique - No

Nauru - No

Nepal - No

Niger - No

Oman - No

Palau - No

Papua New Guinea - No

The Philippines - No

Qatar - No

San Marino - No

Saudi Arabia - No

Seychelles - No

Sierra Leone - No

Solomon Islands - No

St. Vincent and the Grenadines - No

Sudan - No

Tajikistan - No

Timor-Leste - No

Tonga - No

Trinidad and Tobago - No

Turkmenistan - No

United Arab Emirates - No

United States of America - No

Yemen - No

Argentina - Yes

Australia - Yes

Belize - Yes

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Yes

Brazil - Yes

Burkina Faso - Yes

Canada - Yes

Cabo Verde - Yes

Chile - Yes

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Yes

Costa Rica - Yes

Cyprus - Yes

Czech Republic - Yes

Dominican Republic - Yes

Egypt - Yes

Fiji - Yes

France - Yes

The Gambia - Yes

Greece - Yes

Greenland - Yes

Guatemala - Yes

Guinea - Yes

Guinea-Bissau - Yes

Guyana - Yes

Israel - Yes

Italy - Yes

Kyrgyzstan - Yes

Latvia - Yes

Liechtenstein - Yes

Lithuania - Yes

Luxembourg - Yes

North Macedonia - Yes

Malawi - Yes

Malta - Yes

Mauritius - Yes

Mexico - Yes

Montenegro - Yes

The Netherlands - Yes

New Zealand - Yes

Nicaragua - Yes

Norway - Yes

Peru - Yes

Russian Federation - Yes

Samoa - Yes

Sao Tome and Principe - Yes

Serbia - Yes

South Africa - Yes

South Sudan - Yes

Spain - Yes

St. Kitts and Nevis - Yes

St. Lucia - Yes

Switzerland - Yes

Syria - Yes

Togo - Yes

Tuvalu - Yes

United Kingdom - Yes

Uzbekistan - Yes

Zambia - Yes