It was established in 2000 , with the preamble stating : " Noting the need to revise the Maternity Protection Convention ( Revised ) , 1952 , and the Maternity Protection Recommendation , 1952 , in order to further promote equality of all women in the workforce and the health and safety of the mother and child , and in order to recognize the diversity in economic and social development of Members , as well as the diversity of enterprises , and the development of the protection of maternity in national law and practice , and " Noting the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ( 1948 ) , the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women ( 1979 ) , the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child ( 1989 ) , the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action ( 1995 ) , the International Labour Organization 's Declaration on Equality of Opportunity and Treatment for Women Workers ( 1975 ) , the International Labour Organization 's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up ( 1998 ) , as well as the international labour Conventions and Recommendations aimed at ensuring equality of opportunity and treatment for men and women workers , in particular the Convention concerning Workers with Family Responsibilities , 1981 , and " Taking into account the circumstances of women workers and the need to provide protection for pregnancy , which are the shared responsibility of government and society , and " Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to the revision of the Maternity Protection Convention ( Revised ) , 1952 , and Recommendation , 1952 , which is the fourth item on the agenda of the session , and " Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international Convention ; " adopts this fifteenth day of June of the year two thousand the following Convention , which may be cited as the Maternity Protection Convention , 2000 . " This Convention revised a 1952 ILO convention ( C103 ) , which in turn was a revision of the original 1919 ILO convention ( C3 ) . The revision was aimed at gaining more ratification by easing the requirements of the 1952 convention
1919 ILO convention ( C3 )
Maternity Protection Convention, 1919
Maternity Protection Convention, 2000