المعالجة القانونية للتمييز ضد المرأة في ميدان العمل : دراسة مقارنة

Abstract EN

This article addresses the position of labour laws in Jordan, the United Arab Emirates (hereafter UAE) and England towards the issue of equality between women and men in the workplace in light of the requirements of CEDAW(1) to which the three mentioned countries are parties.

Generally speaking, CEDAW aims at achieving equality between men and women in all aspects, inter alia, equality in work opportunities and rights.

This vision is more suitable to the English law, where it is argued that CEDAW and the English law stemmed from the same environment, i.e.

the western environment.

On the contrary, in many aspects, CEDAW contradicts the Islamic approach, respected by the laws of Jordan and the UAE, basing the relationship between men and women on justice and integration rather than equality and competition.

Therefore, the article examines to which extent labour laws in Jordan and the UAE have applied the requirements of CEDAW.

The study shows that, on the contrary of the English law, the laws of Jordan and the UAE do not comply with the requirments of CEDAW in many respects.

The reason of this is not clear.

However, it could not be attributed to the contradiction between the Sharia and CEDAW, since it is noted that the Sharia and CEDAW are in harmony in respect of fighting discrimination in the workplace.