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Marriage and Family Life
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(5) The State shall make reasonable provision for the welfare and maintenance of the aged and shall protect the family and recognise the significant role of the family in society.
… (Sec. 60)
Marriage and Family Life
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The Union shall :
(a) care for mothers and children, orphans, fallen Defence Services personnel’s children, the aged and the disabled;
... (Sec. 32) - Burmese
နိုင်ငံတော်သည် -
(က) မိခင် နှင့် ကလေးသူငယ်များ၊ မိဘမဲ့ကလေးများ၊ ကျဆုံးသော တပ်မတော်သားများ၏ ကလေးများ၊ အိုမင်းမစွမ်းသူများ၊ မသန်မစွမ်းသူများအား ကြည့်ရှု စောင့်ရှောက်ရမည်၊
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Marriage and Family Life
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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.
… (Art. 48) - Spanish...
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.
... (Art. 48)
Marriage and Family Life
- English1. As a fundamental element in society, the family has the right to protection by society and the state and to the effective implementation of all the conditions needed to enable family members to achieve personal fulfilment.
2. In order to protect the family, the state is particularly charged with:
a) Promoting the social and economic independence of households;
b) Promoting the creation of, and guaranteeing access to, a national network of crèches and other social facilities designed to support the family, together with a policy for the elderly;
c) Cooperating with parents in relation to their children's education;
d) With respect for individual freedom, guaranteeing the right to family planning by promoting the information and access to the methods and means required therefore, and organising the legal and technical arrangements that make it possible to exercise motherhood and fatherhood with awareness;
e) Regulating assisted procreation in such a way as to safeguard the dignity of the human person;
f) Regulating taxes and social benefits in harmony with family costs;
g) After first consulting the associations that represent the family, defining and implementing a global and integrated family policy;
h) By concerting the various sectoral policies, promoting the reconciliation of work and family life. (Art. 67) - Portuguese1. A família, como elemento fundamental da sociedade, tem direito à protecção da sociedade e do Estado e à efectivação de todas as condições que permitam a realização pessoal dos seus membros.
2. Incumbe, designadamente, ao Estado para protecção da família:
a) Promover a independência social e económica dos agregados familiares;
b) Promover a criação e garantir o acesso a uma rede nacional de creches e de outros equipamentos sociais de apoio à família, bem como uma política de terceira idade;
c) Cooperar com os pais na educação dos filhos;
d) Garantir, no respeito da liberdade individual, o direito ao planeamento familiar, promovendo a informação e o acesso aos métodos e aos meios que o assegurem, e organizar as estruturas jurídicas e técnicas que permitam o exercício de uma maternidade e paternidade conscientes;
e) Regulamentar a procriação assistida, em termos que salvaguardem a dignidade da pessoa humana;
f) Regular os impostos e os benefícios sociais, de harmonia com os encargos familiares;
g) Definir, ouvidas as associações representativas das famílias, e executar uma política de família com carácter global e integrado.
h) Promover, através da concertação das várias políticas sectoriais, a conciliação da actividade profissional com a vida familiar. (Art. 67)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishPersonal and family intimacy, as well as the respect of private life, is inviolable. The behavior of persons, that does not affect the public order established by the law or the rights of third parties[,] is exempted from the public authority.
... (Art. 33) - SpanishLa intimidad personal y familiar, así como el respeto a la vida privada, son inviolables. La conducta de las personas, en tanto no afecte al orden público establecido en la ley o a los derechos de terceros, está exenta de la autoridad pública.
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Marriage and Family Life
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The law establishes the rules concerning:
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- … the status [état] and the capacity of persons, the matrimonial regimes, inheritance and gifts;
… (Art. 72) - French…
La loi fixe les règles concernant :
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- … l'état et la capacité des personnes, les régimes matrimoniaux, les successions et les libéralités ;
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State recognizes the Filipino family as the foundation of the nation. Accordingly, it shall strengthen its solidarity and actively promote its total development. (Art. XV, Sec. 1)
- FilipinoKinikilala ng Estado ang pamilyang Pilipino na pundasyon ng bansa. Sa gayon, dapat nitong patatagin ang kaisahan ng pamilyang Pilipino at aktibong itaguyod ang lubos na pag-unlad niyon. (Art. XV, Seksyon 1)
Marriage and Family Life
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It is the duty of the family, society, and the State to ensure children, adolescents, and young people, with absolute priority, the right to life, health, nourishment, education, leisure, professional training, culture, dignity, respect, freedom, and family and community life, as well as to guard them from all forms of negligence, discrimination, exploitation, violence, cruelty, and oppression.
Paragraph 1. The State shall promote full health assistance programmes for children, adolescents, and young people, the participation of non-governmental entities being allowed, by means of specific policies and with due regard to the following precepts:
I – allocation of a percentage of public health care funds to mother and child assistance;
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Paragraph 6. Children born inside or outside wedlock or adopted shall have the same rights and qualifications, any discriminatory designation of their filiation being forbidden.
… (Art. 227) - Portuguese
É dever da família, da sociedade e do Estado assegurar à criança, ao adolescente e ao jovem, com absoluta prioridade, o direito à vida, à saúde, à alimentação, à educação, ao lazer, à profissionalização, à cultura, à dignidade, ao respeito, à liberdade e à convivência familiar e comunitária, além de colocá-los a salvo de toda forma de negligência, discriminação, exploração, violência, crueldade e opressão.
§ 1º O Estado promoverá programas de assistência integral à saúde da criança, do adolescente e do jovem, admitida a participação de entidades não governamentais, mediante políticas específicas e obedecendo aos seguintes preceitos:
I - aplicação de percentual dos recursos públicos destinados à saúde na assistência materno-infantil;
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§ 6º - Os filhos, havidos ou não da relação do casamento, ou por adoção, terão os mesmos direitos e qualificações, proibidas quaisquer designações discriminatórias relativas à filiação.
... (Art. 227)
Marriage and Family Life
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Health care for children, pregnant women, mothers on maternity leave, single parents with children under seven years of age and elderly persons shall be provided from public revenues unless it is provided in some other manner in accordance with the law.
… (Art. 68) - Serbian Cyrillic
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Деца, труднице, мајке током породиљског одсуства, самохрани родитељи са децом до седме године и стари остварују здравствену заштиту из јавних прихода, ако је не остварују на други начин, у складу са законом.
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Marriage and Family Life
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The national policy on population has as its objective to disseminate and to promote responsible paternity and maternity. It recognizes the right of families and of persons to decide. In this spirit, the State assures adequate programs of education and information and access to such means, that do not affect life or health.
It is the duty and right of parents to feed, to educate and to give security to their children. Children have the duty to respect and to assist their parents.
All children have equal rights and duties. Any mention concerning the civil estate of the parents and concerning the nature of filiation in the civil registers or in any other documents of identity[,] is prohibited. (Art. 6) - Spanish
La política nacional de población tiene como objetivo difundir y promover la paternidad y maternidad responsables. Reconoce el derecho de las familias y de las personas a decidir. En tal sentido, el Estado asegura los programas de educación y la información adecuados y el acceso a los medios, que no afecten la vida o la salud.
Es deber y derecho de los padres alimentar, educar y dar seguridad a sus hijos. Los hijos tienen el deber de respetar y asistir a sus padres.
Todos los hijos tienen iguales derechos y deberes. Está prohibida toda mención sobre el estado civil de los padres y sobre la naturaleza de la filiación en los registros civiles y en cualquier otro documento de identidad. (Art. 6)