Ecomony and labor rights

International documents

Universal declaration of human rights (UDHR)

Body: UN, 1948
Ratified/signed by RA: 1992

International covenant on economic, social and cultural rights.

Body: UN, 1966
Ratified/signed by RA: 1993

Optional protocol to the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights

Body: UN, 2008
Ratified/signed by RA: 2009

Beijing declaration and platform for action/critical area of concern women and poverty: para 47-68; women and the economy: para 150-180

Body: UN, 1995
Ratified/signed by RA: 1995

Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women

Body: UN, 1979
Ratified/signed by RA: 1993

Optional protocol to the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women

Body: UN, 1999
Ratified/signed by RA: 2006

The CEDAW committee general recommendation no. 13 -- eighth session, 1989 equal remuneration for work of equal value

Body: UN, 1989
Ratified/signed by RA:

The CEDAW committee general recommendation no. 16 -- tenth session, 1991 unpaid women workers in rural and urban family enterprises

Body: UN, 1991
Ratified/signed by RA:

The CEDAW committee general recommendation no. 17 -- tenth session, 1991 measurement and quantification of the unremunerated domestic activities of women and their recognition in the GNP

Body: UN, 1991
Ratified/signed by RA:

The CEDAW committee general recommendation no. 26 -- forty-second session, 2008, women migrant workers

Body: UN, 2008
Ratified/signed by RA:

The CEDAW committee general recommendation no. 29 -- fifty-fourth session, 2013 - article 16 - economic consequences of marriage, family relations and their dissolution

Body: UN, 2013
Ratified/signed by RA:

The CEDAW committee general recommendation no. 34 -- sixty-third session, 2016 - on the rights of rural women

Body: UN, 2016
Ratified/signed by RA:

Transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development - resolution

Body: UN, 2015
Ratified/signed by RA:

GOAL 5: achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

Body: UN, 2015
Ratified/signed by RA:

Convention concerning equal remuneration for men and women workers for work of equal value (no.100)

Body: UN/ILO, 1951 / 53
Ratified/signed by RA: 1995

Discrimination (employment and occupation) convention, 1958 (no. 111)

Body: UN/ILO, 1958 / 60
Ratified/signed by RA: 1995

C29 forced labour convention

Body: UN/ILO, 1930
Ratified/signed by RA: 2004

C81 labour inspection convention

Body: UN/ILO, 1947
Ratified/signed by RA: 2004

C97 migration for employment convention (revised)

Body: UN/ILO, 1949
Ratified/signed by RA: 2007

C122 employment policy convention, 1964

Body: UN/ILO, 1964
Ratified/signed by RA: 1995

C131 minimum wage fixing convention

Body: UN/ILO, 1970
Ratified/signed by RA: 2006

C132 holidays with pay convention (revised)

Body: UN/ILO, 1970
Ratified/signed by RA: 2005

C160 labour statistics convention

Body: UN/ILO, 1985
Ratified/signed by RA: 2006

C182 worst forms of child labour convention

Body: UN/ILO, 1999
Ratified/signed by RA: 2006

European social charter (revised)

Body: CoE, 1996
Ratified/signed by RA: 2004

Council of Europe convention on action against trafficking in human beings

Body: CoE, 2005 / 2008
Ratified/signed by RA: 2008

National Documents

Constitution of the republic of armenia/articles 29,30 57,59, 86/

Body: RoA NA, 1995 / 2015
Language: Armenian/English

Strategy and action plan for gender policy implementation in the Republic of Armenia 2019-2023/priority area 2/

Body: GoA, 2019
Language: Armenian

The RoA labor code

Body: GoA, 2004
Language: Armenian

The RA employment law

Body: RoA NA, 2013
Language: Armenian

The RA law on provision of equal rights and equal opportunities for women and men/articles 6, 11, 13 /

Body: RoA NA, 2013
Language: Armenian

The RA law on state benefits 2013

Body: RoA NA, 2013
Language: Armenian

The RA law on state pensions

Body: RoA NA, 2010
Language: Armenian

The RA law on temporary incapacitation and maternity benefits

Body: RoA NA, 2010
Language: Armenian

The RA law on civil service

Body: RoA NA, 2018
Language: Armenian

The RA law on remuneration of persons occupying state position

Body: RoA NA, 2013
Language: Armenian

RoA law on identification and support to persons subjected to human trafficking

Body: RoA NA, 2014
Language: Armenian

Report submitted by the Armenian authorities on measures taken to comply with committee of the parties recommendation cp(2017)1 on the implementation of the council of Europe convention on action against trafficking in human beings

Body: RoA Gov, 2018
Language: English

Reply from Armenia to the questionnaire for the evaluation of the implementation of the council of Europe convention on action against trafficking in human beings by the parties

Body: RoA Gov, 2019
Language: English

Study/Research on the topic

Analysis of the gender pay gap and gender inequality in the labour market in Armenia

Organization: UN WOMEN/Armenian statistical committee, 2020
Language:

Analysis of the implementation of Beijing declaration and platform of action in Armenia

Organization: UNDP/OxYGen, 2020
Language: English/Armenian

Women, business and the law 2020

Organization: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development /WORLD BANK, 2020
Language: English

Women and men in Armenia statistical booklet

Organization: Armenian national statistical service, 2019
Language: English/Armenian

Gender wage gap in Armenia

Organization: WORLD BANK, 2019
Language: English

The economics of the gender wage gap in Armenia

Organization: WORLD BANK, 2019
Language: English

Armenia country gender assessment

Organization: ADB, 2019
Language: English

Human rights defender’s annual report 2019. part13 women’s rights

Organization: RoA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER, 2019
Language: Armenian

Early childhood care and education (ECEC) policies in the European Union (EU) and their impact on female labour force participation (FLFP) and female part-time work

Organization: UNFPA/ICHD, 2017
Language: English/Armenian

Republic of Armenia leveling the stem playing field for women differences in opportunity and outcomes in fields of study and the labor market

Organization: WORLD BANK, 2017
Language: English

The 2015-16 Armenia demographic and health survey (2015-16 adhs) /chapter 15/

Organization: Armenian national statistical service, 2017
Language: English/Armenian

Policy brief

Organization: OxYGen, 2018
Language: English/Armenian

Road map for ensuring equal labor rights for women and men in Armenia

Organization: EU/OxYGen, 2018
Language: English/Armenian

Women labor rights in armenia participatory policy assessment

Organization: EU/OxYGen, 2017
Language: English/Armenian

Trafficking in persons report 2017 on Armenia

Organization: US embassy to Armenia, 2017
Language: English

Labour market transitions of young women and men in Armenia

Organization: ILO, 2014
Language: English/Armenian

Gender policy in Armenia and the right of women entrepreneurship

Organization: Employers Union, 2013
Language: Armenian

Ecomony and labor rights