Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935

Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935
C45
ILO Convention
Date of adoption21 June 1935
Date in force30 May 1937
ClassificationUnderground Work
SubjectOccupational Safety and Health
PreviousUnemployment Provision Convention, 1934 (shelved)
NextHours of Work (Coal Mines) Convention (Revised), 1935

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

The convention banned women from doing manual labour in underground mines in most circumstances.

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
Afghanistan14 May 1937ratified
Angola4 June 1976ratified
Argentina14 March 1950ratified
Australia7 October 1953denounced on 20 May 1988
Austria3 July 1937denounced on 3 April 2008
Azerbaijan19 May 1992ratified
Bahamas25 May 1976ratified
Bangladesh22 June 1972ratified
Belarus (as the Byelorussian SSR)4 August 1961ratified
Belgium4 August 1937denounced on 30 May 2008
Bolivia15 November 1973ratified
Bosnia and Herzegovina2 June 1993denounced on 26 March 2018
Brazil22 September 1938ratified
Bulgaria29 December 1949ratified
Cameroon3 September 1962ratified
Canada16 September 1966denounced on 19 May 1978
Chile16 March 1946denounced on 30 May 1997
China (as the Republic of China)2 December 1936ratified
Costa Rica22 March 1960ratified
Côte d'Ivoire5 May 1961ratified
Croatia8 October 1991ratified
Cuba14 April 1936ratified
Cyprus23 September 1960denounced on 11 July 2017
Czech Republic1 January 1993denounced on 24 April 2008
Djibouti3 August 1978denounced on 29 May 2008
Dominican Republic12 August 1957ratified
Ecuador6 July 1954ratified
Egypt11 July 1947ratified
Estonia4 June 1937denounced on 6 December 2007
Fiji19 April 1974ratified
Finland3 March 1938denounced on 19 September 1997
France25 January 1938denounced on 2 May 2008
Gabon13 June 1961ratified
Germany15 November 1954denounced on 25 April 2008
Ghana20 May 1957ratified
Greece30 May 1936ratified
Guatemala7 March 1960ratified
Guinea-Bissau21 February 1977ratified
Guinea12 December 1966ratified
Guyana8 June 1966ratified
Haiti5 April 1960ratified
Honduras20 June 1960ratified
Hungary19 December 1938denounced on 30 May 2008
India25 March 1938ratified
Indonesia12 June 1950ratified
Ireland20 August 1936denounced on 27 May 1988
Italy22 October 1952denounced on 29 May 2008
Japan11 June 1956ratified
Kenya13 January 1964ratified
Kyrgyzstan31 March 1992ratified
Lebanon26 July 1962ratified
Lesotho31 October 1966ratified
Luxembourg3 March 1958denounced on 29 April 1988
Malawi22 March 1965ratified
Malaysia (as the Federation of Malaya)11 November 1957ratified
Malta9 June 1988denounced on 29 May 2008
Mexico21 February 1938ratified
Montenegro3 June 2006ratified
Morocco20 September 1956ratified
Netherlands20 February 1937denounced on 29 April 1998
New Zealand29 March 1938denounced on 23 June 1987
Nicaragua1 March 1976ratified
Nigeria17 October 1960ratified
North Macedonia[1]17 November 1991ratified
Pakistan25 March 1938ratified
Panama16 February 1959ratified
Papua New Guinea1 May 1976ratified
Peru8 November 1945denounced on 9 June 1997
Poland15 June 1957denounced on 29 May 2008
Portugal18 October 1937ratified
Russian Federation (as the Soviet Union)4 May 1961ratified
Saudi Arabia15 June 1978ratified
Serbia (as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)24 November 2000ratified
Sierra Leone13 June 1961ratified
Singapore25 October 1965ratified
Slovakia1 January 1993denounced on 20 February 2008
Slovenia29 May 1992denounced on 18 March 2008
Solomon Islands6 August 1985ratified
Somalia18 November 1960ratified
South Africa25 June 1936ratified
Spain24 June 1958denounced
Sri Lanka20 December 1950ratified
Swaziland5 June 1981ratified
Sweden11 July 1936denounced on 15 June 1967
Switzerland23 May 1940ratified
Syrian Arab Republic26 July 1960ratified
Tajikistan26 November 1993ratified
Tanzania (as Tanganyika)30 January 1962ratified
Tunisia15 May 1957ratified
Turkey21 April 1938ratified
Uganda4 June 1963ratified
Ukraine (as the Ukrainian SSR)4 August 1961ratified
United Kingdom18 July 1936denounced on 26 May 1988
Uruguay18 March 1954denounced on 26 May 1978
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela20 November 1944ratified
Viet Nam3 October 1994ratified
Zambia2 December 1964denounced on 3 March 1998
Zimbabwe6 June 1980denounced on 30 May 2008

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