Discrimination in the Peruvian regulation of maternal and paternal leave

Abstract

Labor laws have always sought to protect women, especially when they are mothers. Regardless, the majority of these rules originate in a paternalistic supposition and without gender perspective, maintaining a stereotyped image of the woman in her role as a mother, without the correction of the inadequate situation in which they live.

This article seeks to present a juridical opinion about current normative situation, the recent corrections and the existing problems, accompanied by proposals of possible solutions.