# Underground Work (Women) Convention, 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 |