E/C.12/EGY/CO/2-4 The Committee recommends that the State party take concrete measures to ensure the effective implementation of its legislation criminalizing female genital mutilation. The Committee also recommends that the State party enhance its awareness-raising campaigns to address the sociocultural tolerance or acceptance of this harmful practice. 17. The Committee is concerned that child labour is widely prevalent, in particular in rural areas. The Committee is concerned that the State party does not have legislation that clearly stipulates a minimum age for employment that is in compliance with the Covenant (art. 10). The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to strengthen its national legislation prohibiting child labour in accordance with International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 138 (1973) concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment and ILO Convention No. 182 (1999) concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour, in all sectors, including in agriculture, domestic service, family farms and businesses. The Committee also recommends that the State party ensure that the implementation of legislation pertaining to child labour is effectively monitored and enforced, including through labour inspections in agriculture and the informal sector, ensuring that perpetrators of child labour are held accountable and that victims of child labour are rehabilitated and ensured access to education. The Committee recommends that the State party undertake awareness-raising campaigns with a view to eradicating child labour. 18. The Committee is concerned at the increased rates of food insecurity, particularly in rural areas and among families in vulnerable situations. The Committee is concerned that retrogressive measures, such as the reduction or removal of subsidies, without adequate alternative support measures, disproportionately impact vulnerable and marginalized groups (art. 11). The Committee urges the State party to expeditiously assess the human rights impact of the reduction in food subsidies and undertake immediate measures to address the retrogression in the right to adequate food. 19. The Committee is concerned at the high proportion of the population, particularly those in rural areas, that does not have adequate access to safe drinking water and sanitation (art. 11). The Committee recommends that the State party take effective measures to ensure access for all to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation, including by ensuring legal recognition of the right to water and adequate sanitation. In doing so, the Committee recommends that the State party develop and implement a national plan to ensure access for all to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation. Adequate human, technical and financial resources should be allocated to it and its implementation monitored through the regular collection of disaggregated statistics. The Committee also refers the State party to its general comment No. 15 (2002) on the right to water and the recommendations of the independent expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation from her mission to the State party in 2009 (A/HRC/15/31/Add.3/Corr.1). 20. The Committee is concerned at inadequate investment of the State party in affordable housing resulting in a high percentage of the population living in informal settlements which do not have adequate infrastructure or facilities. It is also concerned about widespread forced evictions due to the lack of secure tenure (art. 11). 5