SUHAKAM’s REPORT TO THE UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE ON ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN ii. The amendment to the Land (Group Settlement Areas) Act 1960, to allow a wife, ex-wife or next of kin as a co-holder of a land by way of undivided shares. iii. Amendments to the Pension Act 1980 in 2002 to allow the widow of a Government servant who has remarried to continue receiving pension from her late husband’s account. iv. The Employment (Part – Time Employees) Regulations 2010 were introduced to protect and guarantee the rights of part-time workers including provisions on contributions to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and SOCSO, overtime and rest days. These regulations will benefit to housewives, single mothers, pensioners, and person with disabilities who wish to work part-time. 4.2 Over the years, the Commission has been calling upon the Malaysian Government to ratify all international human rights instruments and not to place any reservations on provisions related to equality and non-discrimination. 5.0 OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CEDAW 5.1 The Commission has consistently called upon the Government to ratify the Optional Protocol (OP) to the CEDAW. In year 2010, a justification paper was sent by the Commission to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to urge the Government to ratify the OP to the CEDAW. The Commission welcomes the initiative of the MWFCD in consulting other government agencies with regard to the OP to the CEDAW in 2010. The Ministry’s move is in line with the recommendation made by the CEDAW Committee to ratify the OP to the CEDAW in its Concluding Comments (CEDAW/C/MYS/CO/2). Ratifying the OP, which provides for two procedures of complaints namely the communication procedure and the inquiry procedure, would enable a person to make a complaint under OP when all domestic remedies have been exhausted. 6.0 CONCLUSION 6.1 The Commission hopes that the Government will continue to engage in implementing the concluding comments from the CEDAW Committee. In addition, the Commission encourages the Government to withdraw all the remaining reservations to CEDAW and to ratify the Optional Protocol to the CEDAW. 21