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Violence Against Women: 10 Reports / Year 2003become an obstacle to the enjoyment of economic, social and culturalrights.41. The Committee urges the State party to take effective measures toensure that no one will be deprived of their legal status and enjoymentof rights as a consequence of the expiry of Soviet passports on 31December 2003. The Committee also calls upon the State party toensure that the authorities in Krasnodar Krai legalize the residence ofMesketians and members of other ethnic groups who have reportedlybeen denied registration.42. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its effortsto promote gender equality and encourages the adoption of the draftfederal law "On State Guarantees of Equal Rights and Freedoms, andEqual Opportunities, for Men and Women in the Russian Federation"currently before the Duma.43. The Committee urges the State party to ensure that programmes topromote employment are targeted to the regions and groups that aremost affected.44. The Committee recommends that the State party take effective measuresto promote the integration of persons with disabilities into thelabour market, including by strengthening the system of job quotasfor them, or by providing penalty payments for non-employment.45. The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its effortsto protect the human rights of workers in the informal labour marketwith a view to creating the conditions for unimpeded implementationof migrants' rights, and protecting migrants' legal rights and interests(E/C.12/4/Add.10, para. 69). The Committee also encourages theState party to consider ratifying the International Convention on theProtection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members ofTheir Families.46. The Committee urges the State party to take effective measures toraise wages, prevent wage arrears, and ensure the implementation ofarticle 133 of the Labour Code, which, in line with the Covenant, stipulatesthat the minimum wage must not be lower than the worker'sminimum subsistence level.334