| Abstract [eng] |
After the ratification of 1979 United Nation (UN) Convention in regard to the elimination of all forms of women discrimination, since 2000, reports are periodically submitted to the UN discrimination elimination committee concerning the situation of vulnerable women groups. These women are one of the most sensitive groups of society because they suffer from multiple discrimination (gender as well as disability, ethnicity, age, etc.). In addition they fall into an unfavourable situation in comparison to men in the labour market, education system and cultural life, thus they are more susceptible to poverty and social disjuncture. On the basis of the submitted reports, the Committee propose recommendations in respect to vulnerable women groups. The reports that were submitted were not comprehensive enough; the status of these women groups was not explored sufficiently. Thus the Committee asked to increase the efforts on eliminating vulnerable women group discrimination, including countryside women, women with disabilities, ethnic minority women such as the Roma, migrant and older age women in communities and Lithuanian society. The Committee encouraged taking effective means to include these women into Lithuanian labour market. Furthermore, the Committee recommended performing regular and thorough inter-sectional discrimination research on vulnerable women groups, collect statistical data in regard to their education, employment and health security situation and possibilities for them to participate in political decision making. In our country a lack of complex research of vulnerable women groups‘ that suffer from multiple discrimination on gender inequality, disability, ethnicity, elderly position in the employment area. [...]. |
