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Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English
No act of law or other provision may lead to the unfavourable treatment of anyone on grounds of gender, unless the regulation forms part of efforts to achieve equality between men and women … (Instrument of Government, Chapter 2, Art. 13)
- Swedish
Lag eller annan föreskrift får inte innebära att någon missgynnas på grund av sitt kön, om inte föreskriften utgör ett led i strävanden att åstadkomma jämställdhet mellan män och kvinnor ... (Kungörelse (1974:152) om beslutad ny regeringsform, 2 kap, 13§)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishThe State shall ensure equal opportunities for all citizens without discrimination. (Art. 9)
- Arabicتلتزم الدولة بتحقيق تكافؤ الفرص بين جميع المواطنين، دون تمييز. (المادّة 9)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English(1) Every woman has full and equal dignity of the person with men and this includes equal opportunities in political, economic and social activities.
… (Sec. 80)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English(1) In respect of access to places of public entertainment or resort, not intended for religious purposes only, there shall be no discrimination against any citizen on the ground only of race, religion, caste, sex, residence or place of birth.
(2) Nothing in clause (1) shall prevent the State from making any special provision for women and children. (Art. 26) - Urdu(١) عام تفریح گاہوں یا جمع ہونے کی جگہوں میں جو صرف مذہبی اغراض کے لئے مختص نہ ہوں، آنے جانے کے لئے کسی شہری کے ساتھ محض نسل، مذہب، ذات، جنس، سکونت یا مقام پیدائش کی بناء پر کوئی امتیاز روا نہیں رکھا جائے گا۔
(٢) شق نمبر (١) میں مذکور کوئی امر عورتوں اور بچوں کے لئے کوئی خاص اہتمام کرنے میں مملکت کے مانع نہیں ہو گا۔ (آرٹیکل ۲۶)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishWhereas every person in Kiribati is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual, that is to say, the right, whatever his race, place of origin, political opinions, colour, creed or sex, but subject to respect for the rights and freedoms of others or the public interest, to each and all of the following, namely-
a. life, liberty, security of the person and the protection of the law;
… (Sec. 3)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishWomen in the People's Republic of China enjoy equal rights with men in all spheres of life, political, economic, cultural and social, and family life.
… (Art. 48) - Chinese中华人民共和国妇女在政治的、经济的、文化的、社会的和家庭的生活等各方面享有同男子平等的权利。
… (第四十八条)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English1. Women shall, in the enjoyment of rights and protections provided for by this Constitution, have equal right with men.
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3. The historical legacy of inequality and discrimination suffered by women in Ethiopia taken into account, women, in order to remedy this legacy, are entitled to affirmative measures. The purpose of such measures shall be to provide special attention to women so as to enable them to compete and participate on the basis of equality with men in political, social and economic life as well as in public and private institutions.
… (Art. 35) - Amharic1. ሴቶች ይህ ሕገ መንግሥት በአረጋገጣቸው መብቶችና ጥበቃዎች በመጠቀም ረገድ ከወንዶች ጋር እኩል መብት አላቸው፡፡
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3. ሴቶች በበታችነትና በልዩነት በመታየታቸው የደረሰባቸውን የታሪክ ቅርስ ከግምት ውስጥ በማስገባት ይህ ቅርስ እንዲታረምላቸው በተጨማሪ የድጋፍ እርምጃዎች ተጠቃሚ የመሆን መብት አላቸው፡፡ በዚህ በኩል የሚወሰዱት እርምጃዎች ዓላማ በፖለቲካዊ፣ በማኅበራዊና በኢኮኖሚያዊ መስኮች እንዲሁም በመንግሥት እና በግል ተቋሞች ውስጥ ሴቶች ከወንዶች ጋር በእኩልነት ተወዳዳሪና ተሳታፊ እንዲሆኑ ለማድረግ እንዲቻል ልዩ ትኩረት ለመስጠት ነው፡፡
… (አንቀጽ 35)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- EnglishI. The Republic of Bolivia adopts a participatory democratic, representative and communal form of government, with equal conditions for men and women.
… (Art. 11) - SpanishI. La República de Bolivia adopta para su gobierno la forma democrática participativa, representativa y comunitaria, con equivalencia de condiciones entre hombres y mujeres.
… (Art. 11)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English...
(5) The State shall strengthen national unity by promoting co-operation and mutual confidence among all sections of the People of Sri Lanka, including the racial, religious, linguistic and other groups and shall take effective steps in the fields of teaching, education and information in order to eliminate discrimination and prejudice.
(6) The State shall ensure equality of opportunity to citizens, so that no citizen shall suffer any disability on the ground of race, religion, language, caste, sex, political opinion or occupation.
(7) The State shall eliminate economic and social privilege and disparity and the exploitation of man by man or by the State.
… (Art. 27) - Sinhala...
(5) වාර්ගික, ආගමික, විවිධ භාෂා භාවිත කරන සහ වෙනත් ජන කොට්ඨාස ඇතුළු ශ්රී ලංකා වාසී සකල ජනතාව අතර සහයෝගය සහ අන්යොන්ය විශ්වාසය වඩාලීමෙන් ජාතියේ සමගිය තහවුරු කිරීම ද, විශේෂ සැලකිලි සහ වෙනස්කම් තුරන් කිරීම සඳහා ඉගැන්වීම, අධ්යාපනය දීම සහ ප්රවෘත්ති සැපයීම යන ක්ෂේත්රවල ඵලදායී පියවර ගැනීම ද රජය විසින් කළ යුත්තේ ය.
(6) කිසිම පුරවැසියකු, වර්ගය, ආගම, භාෂාව, කුලය, ස්ත්රී පුරුෂ භේදය, දේශපාලන මතය හෝ රැකියාව හේතුවෙන් යම් කිසි අශක්නුතාවකට පත් නොවන පරිදි පුරවැසියන්ට දියුණු වීමට සම ප්රස්තාවන් සැලසීමට රජය වගබලා ගත යුත්තේ ය.
(7) ආර්ථීක සහ සාමාජයික වරප්රසාද හා විෂමතා ද, මිනිසා විසින් හෝ රජය විසින් හෝ මිනිස් ශ්රමය අයථා පරිදි උපයෝගී කර ගැන්ම ද, රජය විසින් තුරන් කළ යුත්තේ ය.
… (27 වැනි වගන්තිය)
Equality and Non-Discrimination
- English(1) Anything done or omitted which would otherwise constitute a breach of any of the provisions of this Part shall not constitute such a breach if—
(a) it is done or omitted in good faith for the purpose of assisting or advancing persons or groups of persons, being in each case persons against whom discrimination is unlawful by virtue of this Part; and
(b) those persons or groups need or may reasonably be supposed to need assistance or advancement in order to achieve an equal place with other members of the community.
… (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 73)