%0 Journal Article %T The Influence of European Law Concerning Gender Discrimination in Romanian Labor Market: Some Aspects of WomenĄŻs Migration in the EU %A Gabriela GOUDENHOOFT %J Journal of Identity and Migration Studies %D 2011 %I Research Centre on Identity and Migration Studies-RCIMI, University of Oradea %X Discrimination in employment is one of the problems that have not lost its actuality and discrimination of women, as a species of this principle is a problem that has interesting aspects in Romania. This paper proposes a series of conceptual approach, an attempt to define discrimination against women in employment, a content analysis, including issues of harassment and discrimination. An important part involves the attempt to highlight the sources of discrimination, as well as underlining the paradox that this category of people is not a minority. We want to underline the equality principle reflected by international law, European law, and Romanian legislation and several problems related to gender specificity on the labor market. We have analyzed the international legal framework, the European one (with the multitude of EU directives) and the Romanian legislation on this area and I drew a number of conclusions on a few misconceptions of Romanian collective mind, regarded as sources of discrimination. %K gender policy %K discrimination %K labor market %K equality principle %U http://e-migration.ro/jims/Vol5_No1_2011/Articles/JIMS_Vol5_No1_2011_pp21-36_GOUDENHOOFT.pdf