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International Labour Organization Convention
Maternity Protection Convention (Revised), 1952
is an
International Labour Organization
Convention
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It was established in 1952, with the preamble stating:
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to maternity protection,...
Modification
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The convention revised
Convention C3
on definition of women, to be also irrespective of race and
creed
, not only of age, marriage status and nationality, and was subsequently revised in 2000 by
Convention C183
on minimum condition of
maternity leave
(from 12 weeks to 14 weeks) and no
Ratifications
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As of 2013, the convention had been ratified by 41 states. Subsequently, the treaty has been denounced by 17 of the ratifying states, some automatically due to ratification of conventions that trigger automatic denunciation of the 1952 treaty.
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