Underground Work (Women) Convention, 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 Afghanistan 14 May 1937 ratified Angola 4 June 1976 ratified Argentina 14 March 1950 ratified Australia 7 October 1953 denounced on 20 May 1988 Austria 3 July 1937 denounced on 3 April 2008 Azerbaijan 19 May 1992 ratified Bahamas 25 May 1976 ratified Bangladesh 22 June 1972 ratified Belarus (as the Byelorussian SSR) 4 August 1961 ratified Belgium 4 August 1937 denounced on 30 May 2008 Bolivia 15 November 1973 ratified Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 June 1993 denounced on 26 March 2018 Brazil 22 September 1938 ratified Bulgaria 29 December 1949 ratified Cameroon 3 September 1962 ratified Canada 16 September 1966 denounced on 19 May 1978 Chile 16 March 1946 denounced on 30 May 1997 China (as the Republic of China) 2 December 1936 ratified Costa Rica 22 March 1960 ratified Côte d'Ivoire 5 May 1961 ratified Croatia 8 October 1991 ratified Cuba 14 April 1936 ratified Cyprus 23 September 1960 denounced on 11 July 2017 Czech Republic 1 January 1993 denounced on 24 April 2008 Djibouti 3 August 1978 denounced on 29 May 2008 Dominican Republic 12 August 1957 ratified Ecuador 6 July 1954 ratified Egypt 11 July 1947 ratified Estonia 4 June 1937 denounced on 6 December 2007 Fiji 19 April 1974 ratified Finland 3 March 1938 denounced on 19 September 1997 France 25 January 1938 denounced on 2 May 2008 Gabon 13 June 1961 ratified Germany 15 November 1954 denounced on 25 April 2008 Ghana 20 May 1957 ratified Greece 30 May 1936 ratified Guatemala 7 March 1960 ratified Guinea-Bissau 21 February 1977 ratified Guinea 12 December 1966 ratified Guyana 8 June 1966 ratified Haiti 5 April 1960 ratified Honduras 20 June 1960 ratified Hungary 19 December 1938 denounced on 30 May 2008 India 25 March 1938 ratified Indonesia 12 June 1950 ratified Ireland 20 August 1936 denounced on 27 May 1988 Italy 22 October 1952 denounced on 29 May 2008 Japan 11 June 1956 ratified Kenya 13 January 1964 ratified Kyrgyzstan 31 March 1992 ratified Lebanon 26 July 1962 ratified Lesotho 31 October 1966 ratified Luxembourg 3 March 1958 denounced on 29 April 1988 Malawi 22 March 1965 ratified Malaysia (as the Federation of Malaya) 11 November 1957 ratified Malta 9 June 1988 denounced on 29 May 2008 Mexico 21 February 1938 ratified Montenegro 3 June 2006 ratified Morocco 20 September 1956 ratified Netherlands 20 February 1937 denounced on 29 April 1998 New Zealand 29 March 1938 denounced on 23 June 1987 Nicaragua 1 March 1976 ratified Nigeria 17 October 1960 ratified North MacedoniaSigned as "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" 17 November 1991 ratified Pakistan 25 March 1938 ratified Panama 16 February 1959 ratified Papua New Guinea 1 May 1976 ratified Peru 8 November 1945 denounced on 9 June 1997 Poland 15 June 1957 denounced on 29 May 2008 Portugal 18 October 1937 ratified Russian Federation (as the Soviet Union) 4 May 1961 ratified Saudi Arabia 15 June 1978 ratified Serbia (as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) 24 November 2000 ratified Sierra Leone 13 June 1961 ratified Singapore 25 October 1965 ratified Slovakia 1 January 1993 denounced on 20 February 2008 Slovenia 29 May 1992 denounced on 18 March 2008 Solomon Islands 6 August 1985 ratified Somalia 18 November 1960 ratified South Africa 25 June 1936 ratified Spain 24 June 1958 denounced Sri Lanka 20 December 1950 ratified Swaziland 5 June 1981 ratified Sweden 11 July 1936 denounced on 15 June 1967 Switzerland 23 May 1940 ratified Syrian Arab Republic 26 July 1960 ratified Tajikistan 26 November 1993 ratified Tanzania (as Tanganyika) 30 January 1962 ratified Tunisia 15 May 1957 ratified Turkey 21 April 1938 ratified Uganda 4 June 1963 ratified Ukraine (as the Ukrainian SSR) 4 August 1961 ratified United Kingdom 18 July 1936 denounced on 26 May 1988 Uruguay 18 March 1954 denounced on 26 May 1978 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 20 November 1944 ratified Viet Nam 3 October 1994 ratified Zambia 2 December 1964 denounced on 3 March 1998 Zimbabwe 6 June 1980 denounced on 30 May 2008

See also

Conventions Concerning Employment of Women During the Night

References

External links Text. Ratifications.