Women, Work and International Law: between inequality and ineffectiveness of labor standards

Abstract

The scope of this research is to reflect legally on the place of women in the work environment, which is extremely important in the current Democratic Constitutional State of Law, in view of the perpetuation of male domination, machismo, and patriarchy plastered in society for centuries of history, and which reflects directly on the labor market of women. Gender discrimination at the time of hiring and, especially, during the execution of the labor contract, regarding promotion, position in the company and place of speech, is still a factual reality in Brazil. In this sense, one investigates the condition of women throughout history as a way to understand the core of the inequality between women and men in the jobs. Also, under the bias of International Law, the contributions of the International Labor Organization - ILO, in the search for material gender equality in labor relations are examined to interpret the determining motives and historical context of each International Convention on Women's Work. For its research, bibliographic and exploratory research is developed, by means of theoretical revision, of inductive nature, based on works consolidated by national critics, as well as legislative texts, ILO Conventions and the Federal Constitution. In this sense, it hopes to become this work of fundamental importance to the academic and social community, in order to give concreteness to women's labor rights and build an emancipating legal thought.