Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2013, published 103rd ILC session (2014)

Night Work (Women) Convention (Revised), 1948 (No. 89) - Cameroon (Ratification: 1970)

Article 3 of the Convention. General prohibition of night work for women. The Committee wishes to draw once again the Government’s attention to the current trend favouring the review of gender-specific protective legislation with a view to gradually eliminating all provisions contrary to the principle of gender equality and non-discrimination – except those connected with maternity protection – while taking due account of national circumstances. This trend reflects also the growing expectation that the same standards of protection should apply to men and women alike in accordance with the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111), and also the widely ratified UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The Committee accordingly hopes that the Government will give favourable consideration to the ratification of the Night Work Convention, 1990 (No. 171), which is not devised as a gender-specific instrument but focuses on the protection of all night workers in all branches and occupations. The Committee requests the Government to keep the Office informed of any decision taken or envisaged in this regard.