The European Social Charter, adopted in 1961, includes provisions to ensure equality between women and men in the field of employment (recruitment, conditions of employment, remuneration, career) and in civilian life (equality between spouses and between parents).
This book reviews the content of these Charter provisions and the case law of the Committee of Independant Experts in the light of the changes which have taken place in Europe. This study gives readers a better understanding of the extent of the protection afforded by the Charter and the requirements of de jure and de facto equality of rights between men and women which must be observed by the Contracting Parties.
The Protocol providing for a system of collective complaints, which entered into force on 1 July 1998, has been included.