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| Name: | Ministerial Order No. 32 of 2013 regulating occupations in which it is prohibited from employing women. |
| Country: | Bahrain |
| Subject(s): | Equality of opportunity and treatment; Occupational safety and health |
| Type of legislation: | Regulation, Decree, Ordinance |
| Adopted on: | 2013-06-27 |
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| Published on: | Al-Jarida Al-Rasmiya, 2013-06-27, No. 3110, P. 8 - P. 9 |
| ISN: | BHR-2013-R-95435 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=95435&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Al-Jarida Al-Rasmiya, 2013-06-27, No. 3110, P. 8 - P. 9 Legislation on-line in Arabic  Bahrain Legislation & Legal opinion commission online, Bahrain PDF in Arabic (consulted on 2014-03-11) |
| Abstract/Citation: | Provides a list of occupations for which women may not be employed, these occupations are as follows: - underground work; - work involving exposure to high temperature; - work requiring great or continuous physical efforts; - work involving exposure to dangerous vibrations; and - work involving use or manufacturing of lead. Moreover, this Order Provides a list of occupations for which pregnant women may not be employed. These occupations are as follows: - occupations involving exposure to atomic or nuclear radiation or to X-rays; - work which might expose woman worker to benzene smoke; - work which exposes women to teratogenic substances; and - work involving exposure to aniline dyes, carbon sulphate in the manufacture of silk or cellophane, hydrocarbons in oil refining, mercury, phosphorus, nitro-benzols, manganese, cadmium and beryllium. |
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