Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2025, published 114th ILC session (2026)

Burkina Faso

Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) (Ratification: 1969)
Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) (Ratification: 1962)

In order to provide a comprehensive view of the issues relating to the application of ratified Conventions on equality, the Committee considers it appropriate to examine the Conventions Nos 100 (equal remuneration) and 111 (discrimination in employment and occupation) together.

Convention No. 111 – National policy to promote equality of opportunity and treatment in respect of employment and occupation

Articles 1(1)(a), 2 and 3(b). Prohibited grounds of discrimination. Legislation. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that: (i) the new Labour Code has not been adopted; (ii) workers excluded from the scope of the Labour Code are protected by other texts and have access to redress procedures in cases of discrimination; and (iii) the Labour Code covers workers of the formal and informal economies.

Sex. Sexual harassment. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that the draft Labour Code addresses the issue of sexual harassment. The Committee requests the Government to take the necessary measures to ensure that the Committee’s previous comments on this point are taken into account when finalizing the Labour Code and to provide information on the measures taken in this regard.

Articles 1 to 3. National policy to promote equality of opportunity and treatment in respect of employment and occupation. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the Government’s indication that the restrictions provided by Decree No. 2010-356/PRES/PM/MTSS concern work liable to harm the reproductive capacity or, in the case of pregnant women, their health or that of the child. The Committee recalls that the lists of activities prohibited as a result of the danger they pose to health, in particular to the reproductive capacity, must be determined on the basis of an evaluation proving the presence of specific risks to the health of women. The Committee requests the Government to review the provisions of Decree No. 2010-356/PRES/PM/MTSS which prohibits women from performing certain activities in order to ensure that any such restrictions are limited to maternity protection in the strict sense.

Persons with disabilities. The Committee notes the information communicated by the Government in response to its previous comments regarding the application of the Decrees of 17 July 2009 and 22 October 2012 (quotas for persons with disabilities).

Convention No. 100 – Principle of equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal value

Articles 1 and 2. Principle of equal remuneration between women and men for work of equal value. Further to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information provided by the Government on recognition of the principle of the Convention in the draft Labour Code.

Enforcement. Further to its previous requests, the Committee takes note of the information provided by the Government, in particular regarding the training of persons responsible for enforcement in cases of discrimination, and improvement in access to redress procedures for victims.