Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935

Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935
C45
ILO Convention
Date of adoptionJune 21, 1935
Date in forceMay 30, 1937
ClassificationUnderground Work
SubjectOccupational Safety and Health
PreviousUnemployment Provision Convention, 1934 (shelved)
NextHours of Work (Coal Mines) Convention (Revised), 1935

Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935 is an International Labour Organization Convention.

It was established in 1935, with the preamble stating:

Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the employment of women on underground work in mines of all kinds,..

Ratifications

As of 2023, the treaty has been ratified by 98 states. Of the ratifying states, 30 have subsequently denounced the convention.

Country Ratification date Status
Afghanistan 14/05/1937 ratified
Angola 04/06/1976 ratified
Argentina 14/03/1950 ratified
Australia 07/10/1953 denounced on 20/05/1988
Austria 03/07/1937 denounced on 03/04/2008
Azerbaijan 19/05/1992 ratified
Bahamas 25/05/1976 ratified
Bangladesh 22/06/1972 ratified
Belarus (as the Byelorussian SSR) 04/08/1961 ratified
Belgium 04/08/1937 denounced on 30/05/2008
Bolivia 15/11/1973 ratified
Bosnia and Herzegovina 02/06/1993 denounced on 26/03/2018
Brazil 22/09/1938 ratified
Bulgaria 29/12/1949 ratified
Cameroon 03/09/1962 ratified
Canada 16/09/1966 denounced on 19/05/1978
Chile 16/03/1946 denounced on 30/05/1997
China (as the Republic of China) 02/12/1936 ratified
Costa Rica 22/03/1960 ratified
Côte d'Ivoire 05/05/1961 ratified
Croatia 08/10/1991 ratified
Cuba 14/04/1936 ratified
Cyprus 23/09/1960 denounced on 11/07/2017
Czech Republic 01/01/1993 denounced on 24/04/2008
Djibouti 03/08/1978 denounced on 29/05/2008
Dominican Republic 12/08/1957 ratified
Ecuador 06/07/1954 ratified
Egypt 11/07/1947 ratified
Estonia 04/06/1937 denounced on 06/12/2007
Fiji 19/04/1974 ratified
Finland 03/03/1938 denounced on 19/09/1997
France 25/01/1938 denounced on 02/05/2008
Gabon 13/06/1961 ratified
Germany 15/11/1954 denounced on 25/04/2008
Ghana 20/05/1957 ratified
Greece 30/05/1936 ratified
Guatemala 07/03/1960 ratified
Guinea-Bissau 21/02/1977 ratified
Guinea 12/12/1966 ratified
Guyana 08/06/1966 ratified
Haiti 05/04/1960 ratified
Honduras 20/06/1960 ratified
Hungary 19/12/1938 denounced on 30/05/2008
India 25/03/1938 ratified
Indonesia 12/06/1950 ratified
Ireland 20/08/1936 denounced on 27/05/1988
Italy 22/10/1952 denounced on 29/05/2008
Japan 11/06/1956 ratified
Kenya 13/01/1964 ratified
Kyrgyzstan 31/03/1992 ratified
Lebanon 26/07/1962 ratified
Lesotho 31/10/1966 ratified
Luxembourg 03/03/1958 denounced on 29/04/1988
Malawi 22/03/1965 ratified
Malaysia (as the Federation of Malaya) 11/11/1957 ratified
Malta 09/06/1988 denounced on 29/05/2008
Mexico 21/02/1938 ratified
Montenegro 03/06/2006 ratified
Morocco 20/09/1956 ratified
Netherlands 20/02/1937 denounced on 29/04/1998
New Zealand 29/03/1938 denounced on 23/06/1987
Nicaragua 01/03/1976 ratified
Nigeria 17/10/1960 ratified
North Macedonia[1] 17/11/1991 ratified
Pakistan 25/03/1938 ratified
Panama 16/02/1959 ratified
Papua New Guinea 01/05/1976 ratified
Peru 08/11/1945 denounced on 09/06/1997
Poland 15/06/1957 denounced on 29/05/2008
Portugal 18/10/1937 ratified
Russian Federation (as the Soviet Union) 04/05/1961 ratified
Saudi Arabia 15/06/1978 ratified
Serbia (as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) 24/11/2000 ratified
Sierra Leone 13/06/1961 ratified
Singapore 25/10/1965 ratified
Slovakia 01/01/1993 denounced on 20/02/2008
Slovenia 29/05/1992 denounced on 18/03/2008
Solomon Islands 06/08/1985 ratified
Somalia 18/11/1960 ratified
South Africa 25/06/1936 ratified
Spain 24/06/1958 denounced
Sri Lanka 20/12/1950 ratified
Swaziland 05/06/1981 ratified
Sweden 11/07/1936 denounced on 15/06/1967
Switzerland 23/05/1940 ratified
Syrian Arab Republic 26/07/1960 ratified
Tajikistan 26/11/1993 ratified
Tanzania (as Tanganyika) 30/01/1962 ratified
Tunisia 15/05/1957 ratified
Turkey 21/04/1938 ratified
Uganda 04/06/1963 ratified
Ukraine (as the Ukrainian SSR) 04/08/1961 ratified
United Kingdom 18/07/1936 denounced on 26/05/1988
Uruguay 18/03/1954 denounced on 26/05/1978
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 20/11/1944 ratified
Viet Nam 03/10/1994 ratified
Zambia 02/12/1964 denounced on 03/03/1998
Zimbabwe 06/06/1980 denounced on 30/05/2008

References

  1. ^ Signed as "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"