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FINES FOR SEXIST ADS IN BULGARIA

Fri, Jul 21 2006 09:00 CET

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Media airing sexist ads would be fined by as much as 2500 leva, according to new regulations guaranteeing equal opportunities for men and women.

On Thursday July 20, Parliament approved the new regulations, Dnevnik newspaper reported.

According to the new regulations job ads cannot specify the preferred gender of applicants.

Media would be banned from spreading information that stimulates different treatment for men and women. Media should work for increasing public awareness of the issue, the document said.

In more serious cases the law against discrimination would be applicable. Equal treatment regulations could be used for solving such problems in the long-run. They would also envision the provision of specific measures for each individual case, Dnevnik reported.

Various institutions would have the authority to impose fines. Among them are the Education Ministry and the chief labour inspectorate.

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