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Marriage and Family Life

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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    II. The right of mothers and fathers to choose the education they prefer for their sons and daughters is respected. (Art. 88)
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    II. Se respeta el derecho de las madres y padres a elegir la educación que convenga para sus hijas e hijos. (Art. 88)

Marriage and Family Life

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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    VI. Women shall not be discriminated against or fired because of their civil status, because of pregnancy, because of their age or physical features, or because of the number of children they have. It is guaranteed that pregnant women and parents cannot be dismissed from employment until the child completes one year of age.
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    VI. Las mujeres no podrán ser discriminadas o despedidas por su estado civil, situación de embarazo, edad, rasgos físicos o número de hijas o hijos. Se garantiza la inamovilidad laboral de las mujeres en estado de embarazo, y de los progenitores, hasta que la hija o el hijo cumpla un año de edad.
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Marriage and Family Life

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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    Because of the best interests of children and adolescents and their right to the identity, presumed parentage shall be validated by indication of the mother or father. This presumption shall be valid in the absence of proof of the contrary, with the burden of proof on the person who denies parentage. In case that the proof negates the presumption, the costs incurred shall correspond to the one who indicated parentage. (Art. 65)
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    En virtud del interés superior de las niñas, niños y adolescentes y de su derecho a la identidad, la presunción de filiación se hará valer por indicación de la madre o el padre. Esta presunción será válida salvo prueba en contrario a cargo de quien niegue la filiación. En caso de que la prueba niegue la presunción, los gastos incurridos corresponderán a quien haya indicado la filiación. (Art. 65)

Marriage and Family Life

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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    III. The social security system covers assistance for the following reasons: sickness, epidemics and catastrophic diseases; maternity or paternity; professional and work risks, and risks in farm labor; disability and special necessities; unemployment and loss of employment; being an orphan, crippled, widowed, of old age, and death; housing, family allowances and other social reasons.
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    V. Women have the right to a safe maternity, with an inter-cultural practice and vision; they shall enjoy the special assistance and protection of the State during pregnancy and birth and in the prenatal and postnatal periods.
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    III. El régimen de seguridad social cubre atención por enfermedad, epidemias y enfermedades catastróficas; maternidad y paternidad; riesgos profesionales, laborales y riesgos por labores de campo; discapacidad y necesidades especiales; desempleo y pérdida de empleo; orfandad, invalidez, viudez, vejez y muerte; vivienda, asignaciones familiares y otras previsiones sociales.
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    V. Las mujeres tienen derecho a la maternidad segura, con una visión y práctica intercultural; gozarán de especial asistencia y protección del Estado durante el embarazo, parto y en los periodos prenatal y posnatal.
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Marriage and Family Life

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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    I. Spouses or cohabitants have the duty, in equal conditions and by common effort, to attend to the maintenance and responsibility of the home, and to the education and development of the children while they are minors or have some disability.
    II. The State shall protect and assist those who are responsible for the family in the exercise of their obligations. (Art. 64)
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    I. Los cónyuges o convivientes tienen el deber de atender, en igualdad de condiciones y mediante el esfuerzo común, el mantenimiento y responsabilidad del hogar, la educación y formación integral de las hijas e hijos mientras sean menores o tengan alguna discapacidad.
    II. El Estado protegerá y asistirá a quienes sean responsables de las familias en el ejercicio de sus obligaciones. (Art. 64)

Marriage and Family Life

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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    I. The following are the areas of prerogative authority of the central level of the State:
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    21. Substantive and procedural codification in civil, family, criminal, tax, labor, commercial, mining and electoral matters.
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    I. Son competencias privativas del nivel central del Estado:
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    21. Codificación sustantiva y adjetiva en materia civil, familiar, penal, tributaria, laboral, comercial, minería y electoral.
    ... (Art. 298)

Marriage and Family Life

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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    I. Every person has the right to an adequate habitat and home that dignifies family and community life.
    II. The State, at all levels of the government, is responsible for promoting the development of housing for social benefit, using adequate financing systems, based on principles of solidarity and equity. These plans shall be directed preferentially to families with scarce resources, to disadvantaged groups and to rural areas. (Art. 19)
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    I. Toda persona tiene derecho a un hábitat y vivienda adecuada, que dignifiquen la vida familiar y comunitaria.
    II. El Estado, en todos sus niveles de gobierno, promoverá planes de vivienda de interés social, mediante sistemas adecuados de financiamiento, basándose en los principios de solidaridad y equidad. Estos planes se destinarán preferentemente a familias de escasos recursos, a grupos menos favorecidos y al área rural. (Art. 19)

Marriage and Family Life

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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    I. The marriage between a man and a woman is formed by legal bond and is based on equality of the rights and duties of the spouses.
    II. The free unions or de facto unions, which meet the conditions of stability and singularity and that are maintained between a man and a women without legal impediment, shall have the same effects as a civil marriage, both in the personal and property relations of the couple as well as with respect to adopted children or to children born to the couple. (Art. 63)
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    I. El matrimonio entre una mujer y un hombre se constituye por vínculos jurídicos y se basa en la igualdad de derechos y deberes de los cónyuges.
    II. Las uniones libres o de hecho que reúnan condiciones de estabilidad y singularidad, y sean mantenidas entre una mujer y un hombre sin impedimento legal, producirán los mismos efectos que el matrimonio civil, tanto en las relaciones personales y patrimoniales de los convivientes como en lo que respecta a las hijas e hijos adoptados o nacidos de aquéllas. (Art. 63)

Marriage and Family Life

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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    I. Every individual, or collective, that believes he or she to be unjustly or illegally impeded from knowing, objecting to, or achieving the elimination or correction of information registered by any physical electronic, magnetic or computerized form, in public or private files or data banks, or that might affect his or her fundamental right to intimacy and personal or family privacy, or his or her own image, honor and reputation, shall file a complaint of Action for Protection of Privacy.
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    I. Toda persona individual o colectiva que crea estar indebida o ilegalmente impedida de conocer, objetar u obtener la eliminación o rectificación de los datos registrados por cualquier medio físico, electrónico, magnético o informático, en archivos o bancos de datos públicos o privados, o que afecten a su derecho fundamental a la intimidad y privacidad personal o familiar, o a su propia imagen, honra y reputación, podrá interponer la Acción de Protección de Privacidad.
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Marriage and Family Life

Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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    II. Everyone, in particular women, have the right not to suffer physical, sexual or psychological violence, in the family as well as in the society.
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    II. Todas las personas, en particular las mujeres, tienen derecho a no sufrir violencia física, sexual o psicológica, tanto en la familia como en la sociedad.
    … (Art. 15)