E/C.12/EGY/CO/2-4 is effectively implemented, including through allocating sufficient human, technical and financial resources. In doing so, the Committee further urges the State party to ensure commensurate sanctions, including criminal sanctions, for perpetrators of corruption. 8. The Committee is concerned that the State party’s legislation fails to provide full protection against discrimination on all the grounds prohibited by the Covenant (art. 2, para. 2). The Committee urges the State party to adopt comprehensive legislation on nondiscrimination to eliminate formal and substantive discrimination. It also calls on the State party to ensure that its laws effectively prohibit and provide sanctions for discrimination in all fields of economic, social and cultural rights, in line with the Covenant provisions. The Committee further refers the State party to its general comment No. 20 (2009) on non-discrimination in economic, social and cultural rights. 9. The Committee is concerned about the serious widespread discrimination against women, particularly with regard to their low representation in the workforce, disadvantageous wide wage gap, and prevalence of employment in the informal sector. The Committee is equally concerned that there continue to be laws that discriminate against women in the context of divorce and inheritance. Furthermore, the Committee is concerned about the low number of women in decision-making positions and the withdrawal of reservation of seats for women in parliament (art. 3). The Committee recommends that the State party take steps to enhance the participation of women in the labour force. The Committee also recommends that the State party ensure adequate legislation to guarantee employment conditions and fair and equal remuneration for women that is in compliance with the Covenant. In doing so, the State party should place particular emphasis on addressing these issues in the informal employment sector. Furthermore, the Committee recommends that the State party consider adopting temporary special measures for promoting the substantive equality of women and men in all areas, in particular in the areas of employment, and participation in political and public life, including in parliament. 10. The Committee is concerned that the unemployment rate is very high and continues to rise, particularly for women and youth. In this context, it is also concerned about the lack of a national plan to effectively promote job creation and realize the right to work (art. 6). The Committee urges the State party to develop, in consultation with civil society, a coherent labour market policy for addressing unemployment and to include information in its next State party report on the progress achieved. The Committee also recommends that the State party increase its efforts to combat unemployment through specifically targeted measures, in particular aimed at women and youth, including by addressing imbalances between education and labour markets by improving the quality of technical and vocational training and education. 11. The Committee is concerned that the legal minimum wage does not guarantee a decent standard of living and is not linked to inflation rates. Furthermore, the minimum wage only applies to public sector workers (art. 7). The Committee recommends that the State party ensure that the national minimum wage applies to both the private and public sector and is set at an adequate level which is linked to inflation rates and subject to periodic review, to provide all workers and their families with a decent standard of living, and strengthen its efforts towards the progressive increase of the minimum wage. 3