Gender equality in employment: The experience of Kazakhstan
| Author | Yermek A Buribayev,Zhanna A Khamzina |
| DOI | 10.1177/1358229119846784 |
| Date | 01 June 2019 |
| Published date | 01 June 2019 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Article
Gender equality
in employment:
The experience
of Kazakhstan
Yermek A Buribayev and Zhanna A Khamzina
Abstract
No country in the world has achieved full gender equality in labour relations. Kazakhstan
has just begun a long way of creating legislative and organizational conditions for equality
in the workplace. It is obvious that to create a more equal, gender-sensitive society, a
state will require profound changes in perceptions, attitudes, stereotypes, and laws.
Facilitating such changes is justified not only from a moral but also from an economic
point of view. Today, the requirements for women in society in the performance of
labour functions are the same as for men. However, in family and domestic relations,
there is a persistence of the gender stereotype of male privileges. There is no change in
sectoral gender segregation. Women still make up more than 70% of employees in the
health, education, and social services sectors, while women’s representation in the
financial and public sectors is slightly more than half. Traditionally, these types of sectors
are less profitable compared to “male industries,” such as construction, oil and gas,
mining, and transport. The level of attracting female labour in innovative, infrastructural,
and high-tech projects and programs is very low. The issue of expanding the economic
opportunities of rural women, who are denied access to public and state resources and
services, remains relevant. In the article, we show the possibilities for ensuring equal
employment of men and women in Kazakhstan. The proposals on the improvement of
legislation on labour protection and labour conditions and improvement of working
conditions are presented, and the possibilities of introducing and expanding flexible
forms of employment are considered. Conclusions are drawn on the revision of the list
Department of Law Disciplines, Kazakh National Pedagogical University named after Abai, Almaty,
Republic of Kazakhstan
Corresponding author:
Yermek A Buribayev, Department of Law Disciplines, Kazakh National Pedagogical University
named after Abai, Almaty 050010, Republic of Kazakhstan.
Email: yermek-a@mail.ru
International Journalof
Discrimination and theLaw
2019, Vol. 19(2) 110–124
ªThe Author(s) 2019
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