Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2010, published 100th ILC session (2011)

The Committee notes the information provided by the Government in its latest report indicating the recent enactment of The Mining Act 2010 which replaces The Mining Act No. 5 of 1998. The Government indicates that the new Act does not contain a provision prohibiting work underground for women, but that, as previously indicated, in practice and by tradition, no women except for professionals are engaged in work underground in mines. The Committee welcomes the information provided by the Government indicating that measures will be taken to initiate the process of ratification of the Safety and Health in Mines Convention, 1995 (No. 176). The Committee asks the Government to keep the Office informed of any progress made in this regard.