Until just two years ago, women they could not be Metro train drivers in Russia. The Kremlin considered it a “very dangerous” job, due to the very long size of the trains. When, in January 2021, the first 12 women in 40 years joined the position, the Russian authorities received them with a bouquet of flowers.

There are still jobs that women are not eligible for in Russia. But It is not the only country that has labor bans for us. China is the latest country to implicitly add a new profession to the list.

China

China just added a banned profession to the list: lingerie model online. Until now they did but, justifying themselves by a current law that prohibits the dissemination of obscene material on the Internet, the Chinese government immediately closes and prohibits all web pages that sell their designs showing them on the body of a woman.

This has done according to the New York Postthat many Chinese companies have begun to hire men to model female lingerie, from corsets to embellished nightgowns.

Colombia

In Colombia, compulsory military service, the mili, is the easiest way to start a professional military career for all those who cannot afford the expenses involved in preparing in an academy.

A springboard forbidden to women for 25 years, which has made the Colombian army a exaggerated example of disparity: of its 200,000 troops, there are only 1,212 officers and 973 non-commissioned officers who are womenaccording to the figures that his own ministry disseminates.

However, today that veto has been overcome. 1,296 women have been accepted into military service. One of them is Zulma, who told the AP: “The main thing is to show the best of ourselves so that more women come to join, since this is a great opportunity.”

Argentina

Until very recently, the list of prohibited jobs that Argentine women had was very extensive. Starting from the fact that they were prohibited from working at night. It was established by a law from 1924. The list of activities to which they did not have access was vast: loading and unloading of ships, in mines, crane drivers, machinists, truck drivers, lubricators of moving machinery, any profession that involved handling belts, saws and other dangerous mechanisms. They also couldn’t distill alcohol or polish glass.

That law had infractions and sanctions for those employers who hire women. The rule was modified in October 2021: the name “infractions and sanctions in the work of women and the work of minors” has been replaced by “infractions and sanctions in the work of people under 18 years of age and contract law of Labor on discrimination for reasons of gender and labor equity”.

belarus

On the path of Russia, in Belarus women they can’t drive buses intercity buses with a capacity of more than 14 passengers. Nor can they be truckers of heavy loads.

United Kingdom

professional golfers. It is not that they are prohibited, it is that they have it very difficult. In some places in the United Kingdom, such as Scotland, there are still golf clubs that only allow access to men. This makes it very difficult for women to develop a career at a professional level in this sport.

Madagascar

In this African country, women have Prohibited from distributing literature, posters, or other published materials due to a rigid (and questionable) moral code. Doing so is considered, therefore, “contrary to morality” and is punishable by the penal code.