Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935

Underground Work (Women) Convention, 1935

C45
ILO Convention
Date of adoption	June 21, 1935
Date in force	May 30, 1937
Classification	Underground Work
Subject	Occupational Safety and Health
Previous	Unemployment Provision Convention, 1934 (shelved)
Next	Hours 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	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

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