E/C.12/1/Add.107 page 7 persons with disabilities. The Committee requests the State party to provide detailed information in its second periodic report on the measures undertaken with regard to persons with physical and mental disabilities. 48. The Committee calls upon the State party to undertake effective measures to ensure the equal right of men and women to enjoy economic, social and cultural rights as provided for in article 3 of the Covenant, including by implementing the principle of equal pay for work of equal value, eliminating wage gaps between men and women, and providing equal opportunities for both men and women. 49. The Committee strongly recommends that the State party undertake effective public education measures, including awareness-raising programmes designed to eliminate gender-based prejudices and traditional practices that are harmful to women and girls. The Committee requests the State party to provide, in its next periodic report, detailed information on the progress made on gender discrimination issues. 50. The Committee recommends that the State party reinforce its programmes designed to reduce unemployment and, in this regard, to target on a priority basis the most affected groups and regions. The Committee urges the State party to strengthen the enforcement of the existing protection for workers under its labour laws. The Committee requests the State party to provide information in its next periodic report on the measures taken to facilitate re-employment of women, including of those made redundant as a result of the ongoing economic restructuring of State-owned enterprises. The Committee recommends that the State party consider ratifying ILO Convention No. 2 on unemployment. 51. The Committee recommends that the State party abolish the use of forced labour as a corrective measure, and amend or repeal the relevant provisions of its legislation to bring them into line with the provisions of article 6 of the Covenant. In this connection, the Committee recommends that the State party consider ratifying ILO Convention No. 29 on forced or compulsory labour. 52. The Committee urges the State party, as a matter of priority, to strengthen its efforts to effectively enforce its legislation prohibiting unlawful employment of children. The Committee also urges the State party to make every effort, including the adoption of preventive measures, to ensure that those children who engage in labour do not work under conditions that are harmful to them. The Committee further encourages the State party to consider withdrawing the programme of “Diligent Work and Economical Study” (qingong jianxue) from its school curriculum. 53. The Committee urges the State party to take immediate steps to ensure effective and equal application of its current labour legislation for the protection of the rights of all workers, including migrant workers, to just and favourable conditions of work as enshrined in article 7 of the Covenant. The Committee further recommends that the State party ensure the right to decent work and to provide sufficient resources to the labour inspectorate to enable regular and independent inspections of safety and health conditions in all sectors and to ensure that employers who fail to observe safety regulations are duly sanctioned. In this connection, the Committee recommends that the State party consider ratifying the ILO Convention No. 81 concerning Labour Inspection in Industry and Commerce.