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Ministerial Order No. 32 of 2013 regulating occupations in which it is prohibited from employing women.

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Bahrain
Equality of opportunity and treatment; Occupational safety and health
2013-06-27
National
Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

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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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    Date of entry into force
    2013-06-28
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    Serial title
    Al-Jarida Al-Rasmiya
    Date
    2013-06-27
    Number
    No. 3110
    Page range
    P. 8 - P. 9