stereotypes and the unequal sharing of family responsibilities between women and men. The Committee is also concerned at the large gender pay gap owing to the predominance of women in low-level and low-paid jobs (arts. 3, 6 and 7). 24. The Committee recommends that the State party promote the wide dissemination and implementation of the Magna Carta of Women so that women, including indigenous and Muslim women, can take full advantage of the opportunities it provides, including maternity leave. It also recommends that the State party take all measures necessary to increase the level of participation of women in the labour market, including through the promotion of awareness-raising campaigns and good practices to change gender role stereotypes, as well as through an extension of the public network of childcare services and other services for dependent children and other dependents. It further recommends that the State party combat professional segregation by enhancing vocational training programmes for women and take effective measures to close the pay gap between men and women. Unemployment and underemployment 25.The Committee is concerned that although the State party’s data-collection system does not allow for a clear assessment of the levels of labour market participation, unemployment and underemployment, all the available information indicates that the unemployment rate is high, particularly among young people. It is also concerned that, despite the provision for reasonable accommodation in relation to employment in the Magna Carta for Persons with Disabilities, there is a high level of unemployment among persons with disabilities. It is further concerned at the high incidence of underemployment in the labour market mainly owing to the shortage of decent job opportunities and a mismatch between supply and demand (art. 6). 26. The Committee recommends that, in order to reduce unemployment, particularly among young people and persons with disabilities, and to address the high level of underemployment, the State party intensify its efforts to: (a) Improve its data-collection system on employment, underemployment and unemployment; (b) Continue to improve vocational training and the educational curriculum and programmes, particularly for young people and underemployed workers, tailoring them to their experience and level of job skills to meet current labour market demands; (c) Continue to develop effective school-to-work transition programmes for young graduates and adopt other youth employment policies to respond to the fast- growing youth population; (d) Fully implement the measures provided for in the Magna Carta for Persons with Disabilities to promote the employment of persons with disabilities; (e) Ensure that the current Human Resources Development Road Map and Philippine Labour and Employment Plan are effectively implemented, and design the 2016-2022 road map and plan based on an assessment of the implementation of the current versions. Right to just and favourable conditions of work 27.The Committee is concerned that about 75 per cent of the workforce, for the most part women, are working in the informal economy or in non-standard forms of employment without legal protection, support and safeguards. It is particularly concerned that the contracting out of workers for periods of five months, a practice called “contractualization” that was legitimized by the 1989 “Herrera Law” (Act No. 6715) under the so-called “endo” scheme, is rampant across all economic sectors in the State party, increasing the number of workers under short-term contracts and with lower levels of protection. The Committee is also concerned about the precarious working conditions in sweatshops, which are often excluded and hidden from labour inspections, where workers, mostly women, are subjected to exploitation with pay below the minimum wage, long working hours, and unsafe and unhealthy working conditions, and where they are exposed to occupational accidents, abuse and extra demands (arts. 6 and 7). 28. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Increase employment opportunities in the formal economy and facilitate the transition of workers and economic units from the informal to the formal economy; (b) Ensure, in accordance with the provisions in paragraph 47 (d) of general comment No. 23 (2016) on the right to just and favourable conditions of work, and paragraph 9 of ILO Recommendation No. 204 concerning the Transition from the Informal to the Formal Economy (2015), that workers in the informal economy and non-standard forms of employment are covered by labour legislation and entitled to adequate social protection, and expedite the adoption of the Magna Carta for Workers in the Informal Economy; (c) Put an end to the “endo” scheme and strengthen the monitoring of employers regarding the abusive practice of “casualization”; (d) Ensure that labour legislation is strictly applied to sweatshop workers and that all workers enjoy safe and healthy working conditions and are protected from occupational accidents, exploitation and abuse; (e) Strengthen the mandate and resources of labour inspectorates to enable them to effectively monitor working conditions in all work settings. 29.The Committee notes that the Wage Rationalization Act of 1989 abolished the national minimum wage and transferred the wage fixing mandate from the Philippine Congress to a tripartite body. The Committee is concerned at the lack of genuine and effective