CEDAW/C/CAN/CO/8-9 (c) in 2014; The Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act, (d) The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, in 2014; (e) The Gender Equity in Indian Registration Act, in 2011. 5. The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework aimed at accelerating the elimination of discrimination against women and promoting gender equality, including the adoption or establishment of: (a) The Court Challenges Program, in 2017, and the Interim Federal Health Program, in 2015; (b) The Action Plan to Address Family Violence and Violent Crimes against Aboriginal Women and Girls, in 2014; (c) The National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking, in 2012; (d) The Federal Framework for Aboriginal Economic Development, in 2009; 6. The Committee welcomes the fact that, in the period since the consideration of the previous report, the State party has ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in 2010. C. Principal areas of concern and recommendations Parliament 7. The Committee stresses the crucial role of the legislative power in ensuring the full implementation of the Convention (see the statement by the Committee on its relationship with parliamentarians, adopted at the forty-fifth session, in 2010). It invites the House of Commons and the Senate, as well as provincial and territorial legislatures, in line with their mandates, to take the necessary steps regarding the implementation of the present concluding observations between now and the next reporting period under the Convention. Visibility of the Convention, the Optional Protocol thereto and the Committee’s general recommendations 8. The Committee remains concerned that the provisions of the Convention, the Optional Protocol thereto and the Committee’s general recommendations are not sufficiently known in the State party, including by women themselves. The Committee is further concerned that the Convention may not be directly invoked before the domestic courts. 9. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Develop a sustainable strategy, including by allocating adequate financial resources, to disseminate the Convention, the Optional Protocol thereto and the Committee’s general recommendations among all stakeholders, including women’s organizations; (b) Enhance efforts to raise awareness among women about their rights under the Convention and corresponding remedies, targeting in particular women belonging to disadvantaged groups, including Aboriginal, Afro-Canadian, migrant, asylum seeking, refugee and disabled women; (c) Take the necessary legislative measures to give full effect to the Convention rights in its legal order and promote the justiciability of such rights; 2