by prohibiting their recruitment for particularly dangerous and burdensome types of work, such as mining underground, work in blast-furnace and steel plants, and in the construction industry proper. 113. In future the prohibition on the employment of women in the construction industry proper would no longer apply. Women could be employed in that industry in the future, on the strength of a medical certificate stating that there was no reason why they should not carry out such work. As a result of the plan to authorize women to take up employment in the construction industry proper, women would be given access to 14 out of the total of 20 ''training occupations» in question. 114. The Federal Government believed that the rema~n~ng six "training occupations" to which women continued to be denied access could not be opened to women for health reasons. Where mining underground was concerned, the Federal Republic was even obligated under an International Labour Organisation convention to prohibit the employment of women. 115. She wished to inform the Committee, in connection with article 11, paragraph 2 (f), of the Convention, that in 1988 the number of women involved in accidents at work had represented only 17 per cent of the total, a low figure when seen in the context of the number of women as a percentage of the total number of employed persons (40 per cent). 116. In connection with article 11, paragraph 1 (c), of the Convention, she now wished to take up the issue of measures for the benefit of women resuming work. In the Federal Republic a wide range of measures were being implemented with a view to preparing women for the resumption of gainful employment: firstly, returnees could avail themselves of the general counselling services offered by the employment exchanges; secondly, in the context of pilot experiments special counselling 
**Analysis**
The text primarily discusses the employment of women in the Federal Republic, specifically in the construction industry and other hazardous occupations. It also touches on measures being taken to prepare women for resuming gainful employment and the safety record of women in the workplace. These topics suggest a strong connection to the category of Employment.

**Category**
Employment