E/C.12/UZB/CO/1 page 5 40. The Committee encourages the State party to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. 41. The Committee encourages the State party to take all measures necessary to ensure that all persons under its jurisdiction enjoy the economic, social and cultural rights enshrined in the Covenant without discrimination. The Committee further calls upon the State party to ensure that the compulsory residence registration system (propiska) does not infringe upon the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights. 42. The Committee recommends that the State party adopt specific anti-discrimination legislation and increase awareness about international anti-discrimination standards among judges and other members of the legal profession. 43. The Committee calls upon the State party to adopt a law on gender equality, and to take all effective measures, including through the use of media and education, to overcome the traditional stereotypes regarding the status of women in the public and private spheres and to ensure in practice equality between men and women in all fields of life, as provided for in article 2, paragraph 2, and article 3 of the Covenant. In this regard, the Committee draws the attention of the State party to its general comment No. 16 (2005) on the equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all economic, social and cultural rights. The Committee also encourages the State party to provide the Women’s Committee of Uzbekistan with adequate human and financial resources to effectively carry out its mandate. 44. The Committee requests the State party to provide, in its next periodic report, detailed information, including statistical data disaggregated by age, gender and ethnic group, on the progress made in the field of gender equality. 45. The Committee recommends that the State party take all necessary measures to reduce employment in the informal sector by adopting a National Employment Plan and strengthening programmes to reduce unemployment, targeting on a priority basis the most affected groups, including through the creation and stimulation of small and medium-sized enterprises, and the establishment of an obligatory quota for employment of disabled persons. The Committee requests the State party to provide detailed information in its next periodic report on progress made in the field of employment stimulation. 46. The Committee recommends that the State party consider ratifying the ILO Unemployment Convention No. 2. 47. The Committee encourages the State party to adopt effective measures to stimulate rural development, inter alia, through the ongoing agrarian reform, as well as by encouraging local employment initiatives and ecotourism, and ensuring special training and retraining measures. 48. The Committee encourages the State party to ensure that women and men enjoy equal access to all paid positions, and requests the State party to submit comparative statistical data on this issue in its next periodic report, in order to allow for an evaluation of progress of the measures undertaken.