Employment
Health
Rapporteur on Education, the
Ministry of Education is currently
working with the Human Rights
and Anti-Discrimination
Commission in embedding human
rights in the school curriculum.
Sex education has been
incorporated into the school
curriculum and appropriate steps
have been taken by the Ministry to
review sex education in Family Life
and Healthy Living subjects.
The implementation of Open Merit
Recruitment Based
System (OMRS) and Equal
Employment Opportunity has been
integral in addressing occupational
segregation.
Under the labour laws, women
cannot be terminated on the
grounds of pregnancy and are
entitled to maternity leave.
Women have access to Employment
Relations Tribunal and Employment
Relations Court.
Section 76 of the Employment
Relations Act 2007 provides
measures to address sexual
harassment in the workplace and
Crimes Act 2009 also provides for
the offences of indecently insulting
or annoying a person.
National minimum wage was
increased from $2.32 to $2.68 in
2017.
While abortion is illegal, section
234(2) of Crimes Act 2009 outlines
situations and conditions under
which abortion is permissible.
Ministry of health provides
contraception on a confidential
basis and without parental consent.
The Constitution under section