Constitution of the Republic of Ghana 1992, as amended to 1996
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    (1) Special care shall be accorded to mothers during a reasonable period before and after child-birth; and during those periods, working mothers shall be accorded paid leave.
    (2) Facilities shall be provided for the care of children below school-going age to enable women, who have the traditional care for children, realise their full potential.
    … (Art. 27)
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    (3) The State shall promote just and reasonable access by all citizens to public facilities and services in accordance with law.
    … (Art. 35)
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    (1) The State shall take all necessary action to ensure that the national economy is managed in such a manner as to maximize the rate of economic development and to secure the maximum welfare, freedom and happiness of every person in Ghana and to provide adequate means of livelihood and suitable employment and public assistance to the needy.

    (2) The State shall, in particular, take all necessary steps to establish a sound and healthy economy whose underlying principles shall include—

    (d) undertaking even and balanced development of all regions and every part of each region of Ghana, and, in particular, improving the conditions of life in the rural areas, and generally, redressing any imbalance in development between the rural and the urban areas;
    (e) the recognition that the most secure democracy is the one that assures the basic necessities of life for its people as a fundamental duty.
    … (Art. 36)
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