A commission of the ILO , The Commission on the Employment of Women , was responsible for two conventions : The Maternity Protection Convention and a convention revolved around night work for women . Both conventions were largely affected by the ICWW ’s proposals and by leading ICWW women . The Maternity Protection Convention covered a variety of provisions governing maternity benefits in industrial and commercial undertakings . Jeanne Bouvier , Margaret Bonfield , Mary Macarthur , and Constance Smith all participated in the ICWW and were appointed as delegates to the Commission on the Employment of Women during the ILO conference . The Maternity Protection Convention documented their agreements and decisions concerning the protection of female workers , and formed a document consisting of twelve articles . The document stated : women would receive a six-week maternity leave after their child ’s birth , women would be paid benefits sufficient for the full health maintenance for her and her child , women will be granted job protection , entitled to free attendance by a doctor or certified midwife , and once returned to work she will be given two half an hour breaks to breastfeed her newborn child . Nations which ratified the convention would agree to its provisions and imbed them in their nations legislation . The women of the ICWW were influential in the decisions made during the International Labor Organization ’s Maternity Protection Convention
The Maternity Protection Convention
Maternity Protection Convention, 1919
1919 International Congress of Working Women