E/C.12/MDA/CO/2 monitoring of the Action Plan for the Support of the Roma People from the Republic of Moldova for 2011-2015. The Committee strongly recommends that such efforts be adequately funded and prioritize social inclusion measures, focusing on the areas of education, housing, health, employment, infrastructure, and water and sanitation. The Committee also recommends that the State party create a network of community mediators charged with facilitating interaction between Roma, public authorities, employers, health providers and others. The Committee requests the State party to provide detailed information in its next report on action taken in this regard as well as the impact measured in all areas. 9. The Committee remains concerned about the significant gender disparities in wages, resulting in women earning 76.4 per cent of the average monthly wage of men in 2009. The Committee is also alarmed at the large number of women in low-paid jobs. The Committee also notes with concern the continuing low representation of women in decision-making positions in the public and private sector (art. 3). The Committee recommends that the State party take concrete and effective steps, also within the National Programme for Gender Equality 2010-2015, to ensure equal treatment for men and women in the labour market, including equal pay for work of equal value in all sectors. The Committee also recommends that the State party introduce temporary special measures to promote the representation of women in decision-making positions. 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. 10. The Committee is concerned about the high level of unemployment in the State party, in particular amongst the most disadvantaged and marginalized individuals and groups. The Committee is also concerned about the large proportion of the population which is active in the informal sector (30 per cent in 2010) (art. 6). The Committee recommends that the State party take concrete steps, including through improving its national employment strategy for 2007-2015, to ensure the right to work, and to significantly reduce the unemployment rate, especially amongst the most disadvantaged groups, with a special focus on Roma, persons with disabilities, persons released from penitentiary and social rehabilitation institutions, and women, in particular those that live in rural areas. The Committee recommends that the State party take urgent and effective measures to ensure efficient vocational training and labour inclusion of persons with disabilities, including through the enforcement of the established quota, as well as the creation of centres for professional training and rehabilitation for persons with disabilities. Furthermore, the Committee recommends that measures be taken to regularize the informal sector and extend the access to social security benefits. 11. The Committee remains concerned that the minimum wage in the State party is not sufficient to provide workers with a decent living for themselves and their families (art. 7). The Committee urges the State party to increase its efforts to guarantee that the national minimum wage is sufficient to ensure an adequate standard of living for workers and their families. The Committee also reiterates its recommendations that the State party introduce a mechanism to determine and regularly adjust the minimum wage in proportion to the cost of living. 12. The Committee remains concerned that the average contributory pension in the State party is well below the minimum subsistence level, and that non-contributory social 3