E/C.12/PAK/CO/1 Trade union rights 49. The Committee is concerned that the unionization rate is extremely low and that the legislation on trade unions, including the Industrial Relations Act, 2012, is very restrictive. The law does not cover all workers and grants collective bargaining rights only to unions whose membership consists of one third of all employees (art. 8). 50. The Committee recommends that the State party take all legislative and other measures necessary to provide an enabling environment for workers to freely form and participate in trade unions and exercise their union rights. Right to social security 51. The Committee regrets the lack of comprehensive information on the social security schemes of the State party, including contributory and non-contributory, public and private schemes. It is concerned that a majority of workers, including those in the formal economy, are not covered by social security programmes. For example, the participation rate in the Employees’ Old Age Benefit Institution is very low, below 10 per cent. It is also concerned that the State party has not established a social protection floor (arts. 9 and 11). 52. The Committee recommends that the State party take all measures necessary to improve its social security schemes, including the Employees’ Old Age Benefit Institution, with a view to progressively covering all workers in the country and providing a sufficient level of benefits to enjoy an adequate standard of living. It also recommends that the State party establish a nationally defined social protection floor in consultation with all relevant stakeholders. It requests the State party to provide comprehensive information on the social security schemes of the State party in its next periodic report. It draws the attention of the State party to its general comment No. 19 (2007) on the right to social security and to its statement on social protection floors (E/C.12/2015/1). Protection of the family, mothers and children 53. The Committee is concerned that the legislative framework is insufficient to provide for the protection of all women, particularly Hindu and Christian women, in relation to marriage, divorce, custody and inheritance (arts. 3 and 10). 54. The Committee recommends that the State party take urgent measures to adopt a legislative framework relating to marriage, divorce, custody and inheritance that is in line with international norms and standards, with a view to providing effective and equal legal protection for all women, particularly Hindu and Christian women, in Pakistan. It also recommends that the State party make every effort to fully enforce the legislative framework once adopted and to raise the awareness of the public, as well as of law enforcement and judicial officials, thereon. Minimum age for marriage 55. The Committee is concerned that the minimum age for marriage for girls varies across provinces and that some provinces have set it at 16 years (arts. 3 and 10). 56. The Committee recommends that the State party intensify its efforts to adopt legislation prohibiting the marriage of all persons, both male and female, below 18 years, in line with the Covenant and other international human rights conventions. Forced conversion and forced marriage 57. The Committee is concerned that the practices of forced conversion of non-Muslim women and forced marriage continue. It is particularly concerned that the proposed amendment to the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929, has been declared un-Islamic by the Council of Islamic Ideology and that efforts to enact a law to prevent forced conversion have been blocked by the Council (arts. 3 and 10). 58. The Committee recommends that the State party prohibit the forced conversion of a person from his/her belief without his/her consent. 8