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Marriage and Family Life

Paraguay
  • English
    The law will established the obligatory and complete [integral] system of social security for the dependent workers and their families.
    … (Art. 95)
  • Spanish
    El sistema obligatorio e integral de seguridad social para el trabajador dependiente y su familia será establecido por la ley.
    … (Art. 95)

Participation in Public Life and Institutions

Paraguay
  • English
    The citizens, without distinction of gender [sexo], have the right to participate in public matters, directly or through their representatives, in the form determined by this Constitution and the laws.
    The access of women to public functions shall be promoted. (Art. 117)
  • Spanish
    Los ciudadanos, sin distinción de sexo, tienen el derecho a participar en los asuntos públicos, directamente o por medio de sus representantes, en la forma que determine esta Constitución y las leyes.
    Se promoverá el acceso de la mujer a las funciones públicas. (Art. 117)

Participation in Public Life and Institutions

Paraguay
  • English
    Agrarian reform and rural development are effected in accordance with the following bases:
    …
    10. the participation of the peasant woman, in equality with the man, in the plans of agrarian reform;
    … (Art. 115)
  • Spanish
    La reforma agraria y el desarrollo rural se efectuarán de acuerdo con las siguientes bases:
    …
    10. la participación de la mujer campesina, en igualdad con el hombre, en los planes de la reforma agraria;
    … (Art. 115)

Participation in Public Life and Institutions

Paraguay
  • English
    The functionaries and the public employees are at the service of the country. All Paraguayans have the right to occupy public functions and employments.
    The law will regulate the various careers in which these functionaries and employees provide [presten] services, which, without prejudice to others, are the judicial, teaching [la docente], the diplomatic and consular, that of scientific and technological research, that of civil service, the military and the police [careers]. (Art. 101)
  • Spanish
    Los funcionarios y los empleados públicos están al servicio del país. Todos los paraguayos tienen el derecho a ocupar funciones y empleos públicos.
    La ley reglamentará las distintas carreras en las cuales dichos funcionarios y empleados presten servicios, las que, sin perjuicio de otras, son la judicial, la docente, la diplomática y consular, la de investigación científica y tecnológica, la de servicio civil, la militar y la policial. (Art. 101)

Participation in Public Life and Institutions

Paraguay
  • English
    Men and women have equal civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights. The State will promote the conditions and will create the adequate mechanisms for, making equality real and effective, by leveling [allanando] the obstacles that prevent or hinder its exercise and facilitating the participation of women in all areas [ámbitos] of the national life. (Art. 48)
  • Spanish
    El hombre y la mujer tienen iguales derechos civiles, políticos, sociales, económicos y culturales. El Estado promoverá las condiciones y creará los mecanismos adecuados para que la igualdad sea real y efectiva, allanando los obstáculos que impidan o dificulten su ejercicio y facilitando la participación de la mujer en todos los ámbitos de la vida nacional. (Art. 48)

Participation in Public Life and Institutions

Paraguay
  • English
    The State will guarantee to all inhabitants of the Republic:
    …
    3. Equality in access to the non-elective public functions, without any requirement other than suitability [for the job], … (Art. 47)
  • Spanish
    El Estado garantizará a todos los habitantes de la República:
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    3. la igualdad para el acceso a las funciones públicas no electivas, sin más requisitos que la idoneidad, … (Art. 47)

Participation in Public Life and Institutions

Paraguay
  • English
    …
    Women will only provide [prestarán] military service as auxiliaries in the case of necessity, during [an] armed international conflict.
    … (Art. 129)
  • Spanish
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    Las mujeres no prestarán servicio militar sino como auxiliares, en caso de necesidad, durante conflicto armado internacional.
    … (Art. 129)

Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Paraguay
  • English
    Private property, whose content and limits will be established by the law, attending to its economic and social function, in order to make it accessible to all[,] is guaranteed.
    … (Art. 109)
  • Spanish
    Se garantiza la propiedad privada, cuyo contenido y límites serán establecidos por la ley, atendiendo a su función económica y social, a fin de hacerla accesible para todos.
    … (Art. 109)

Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Paraguay
  • English
    The indigenous peoples have [the] right to communal ownership of the land [propiedad comunitaria], in [an] extension and quality sufficient for the preservation and the development of their particular [peculiares] forms of lifestyles. The State will provide them gratuitously with these lands, which will be non-seizable [inembargables], indivisible, non-transferrable, imprescriptible, not susceptible to guarantee contractual obligations nor to be leased; likewise, they will be exempt from taxes.
    … (Art. 64)
  • Spanish
    Los pueblos indígenas tienen derecho a la propiedad comunitaria de la tierra, en extensión y calidad suficientes para la conservación y el desarrollo de sus formas peculiares de vida. El Estado les proveerá gratuitamente de estas tierras, las cuales serán inembargables, indivisibles, intransferibles, imprescriptibles, no susceptibles de garantizar obligaciones contractuales ni de ser arrendadas; asimismo, estarán exentas de tributo.
    … (Art. 64)

Property, Inheritance and Land Tenure

Paraguay
  • English
    Agrarian reform is one of the fundamental factors to achieve rural well-being. It consists of the effective incorporation of the peasant [campesina] population to the economic and social development of the Nation. Equitable systems of distribution, property and tenancy of the land shall be adopted; … (Art. 114)
  • Spanish
    La reforma agraria es uno de los factores fundamentales para lograr el bienestar rural. Ella consiste en la incorporación efectiva de la población campesina al desarrollo económico y social de la Nación. Se adoptarán sistemas equitativos de distribución, propiedad y tenencia de la tierra; … (Art. 114)