CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/4-5 (a) Minimum Wage Law of 22 March 2013, which provides that both women and men are entitled, without discrimination, to be paid the legal minimum wage; (b) Employment and Skill Development Law of 31 August 2013, which provides for the creation of internal job opportunities and the enhancement of worker skills, without discrimination on the basis of sex; (c) Social Security Law of 31 August 2012, which ensures that women and men enjoy, on an equal basis, the benefits of new insurance programmes, including the provision of maternity insurance for women. 5. The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its policy framework aimed at accelerating the elimination of discrimination against women and advancing women’s rights, such as the adoption of the following: (a) National strategic plan for the advancement of women, covering the period 2013-2022; (b) Five-year strategic plan for reproductive health, covering the period 2014-2018; (c) Thirty-year long-term health development plan, covering the period 2001-2030. 6. The Committee welcomes the accession of the State party to the following international instruments since the consideration of its previous periodic report: (a) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in 2011; (b) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, in 2012. 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 parliament, in line with its mandate, to take the necessary steps regarding the implementation of the present concluding observations between now and the next reporting period under the Convention. Legal status and visibility of the Convention 8. The Committee, recalling its previous concluding observations (see CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/3, para. 8), notes that there is still a lack of clarity regarding the applicability of the Convention in the State party. The Committee remains concerned that the Constitution does not include an effective guarantee of substantive equality. The Committee is also concerned: (a) That notwithstanding the State party’s efforts to raise awareness, including through the media, the provisions of the Convention are not sufficiently known in the State party; 2/17 16-12871