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Zagreb, June 9 (CP) – A diving instructor attempting to work in her profession in Croatia is not allowed to legally pursue her career, as according to a 1996 legal regulation, women are not allowed to work under water in Croatia.

The Czech diving instructor was surprised when despite being given a valid work permit by the local police in the Rijeka area, where she is a member of staff in a diving club she learned that in Croatia such work should not be done by women, under the law.

Also, women in Croatia are barred from working in professions that call for carrying more than 15 kilos of weight or working under the earth’s surface, as well as in heightened atmospheric pressure.

Although the women had been working without problem in Egypt and the Czech Republic, in Croatia this represents a breach of the law.

This strange provision of the law means that the daily tasks of nurses who manage much more weight than 15 kilos each day or those working in supermarkets are actually violating the law by performing regular tasks called for by their jobs.