政協委員：消除性別歧視刻不容緩

A political adviser called for regulation and supervision to protect women from being discriminated against in employment during the ongoing two sessions.
在正在進行的兩會上，有政協委員提案呼籲出臺政策、加強監督以維護女性權益，消除女性就業歧視。

Zhen Yan, former vice-chairwoman of the All-China Women's Federation and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said gender discrimination still exists in the labor market.
前中國婦聯副主席、全國政協委員甄硯稱在勞務市場中依舊存在性別歧視。

"Some companies say openly that only male candidates will be employed or preferred," Zhen said at the sideline of the two sessions.
甄硯在兩會期間接受採訪時表示，“一些公司公開宣稱只招男性職工或優先聘用男性應徵者。”

"The situation worsened after the country adjusted the one-child policy," she said, "Many companies do not hire women for fear of having to give maternity leave.”
“這種情況在“單獨二胎”的計生政策調整後變得更爲嚴重。許多用人單位爲了避免給女性放產假而選擇不去僱用女性。”她說。

A survey last year on graduates' employment in Beijing, Hebei and Shandong provinces showed that 86.6 percent of female students had faced gender discrimination, according to Zhen.
甄硯表示，去年北京，河北，山東三地的畢業生就業情況的調查結果顯示：86.6%的女性大學生在求職過程中遇到過性別歧視。

Because of this, women suffer greater pressure while job hunting, which can result in psychological problems such as depression, Zhen said.
因此，女性在求職過程中會面臨更大壓力，導致了一些心理疾病如抑鬱症的產生，她說。

At last year's two sessions, the All-China Women's Federation submitted a proposal calling for gender equality in the labor market.
在去年的兩會中，全國婦聯遞交了一份呼籲勞務市場性別平等的提案。

Though the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has responded the labor market continues to see gender discrimination, the former official of the federation said.
作爲前中國婦聯副主席，甄硯稱，人力資源和社會保障部已對此作出迴應。但勞務市場的性別歧視依然存在。

Zhen this year proposed that relevant departments complete regulations and strengthen supervision. "Those violators should also be given tougher penalties," she said.
今年，甄硯提議相關部門應完善相關法律法規並加強監督管理，並認爲應加重對違反者的處罰。

The advance of gender equality in employment is crucial for women to participate in the economic and social development of the country, and also a requirement for advancing the rule of law, Zhen said.
甄硯表示，對於女性而言，在就業方面性別平等的推進對於女性參與國家經濟和社會發展是極爲重要的，這也是建設法治社會的訴求。

Vocabulary

supervision：監督
gender discrimination：性別歧視
maternity leave：產檢
violator：違反者