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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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(2) The State shall enact appropriate laws to assure—
(a) the enjoyment of rights of effective participation in development processes including rights of people to form their own associations free from state interference and to use them to promote and protect their interests in relation to development processes, rights of access to agencies and officials of the State necessary in order to realise effective participation in development processes; freedom to form organizations to engage in self-help and income generating projects; and freedom to raise funds to support those activities;
… (Art. 37)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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The law favors the equal access and the participation of women and men in public employment and to the functions in the domain of the political, economical and social life. (Art. 6) - French
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La loi favorise l’égal accès et la participation des femmes et des hommes aux emplois publics et aux fonctions dans le domaine de la vie politique, économique et sociale. (Art. 6)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe State shall actively promote and maintain the welfare of the people by adopting, inter alia, policies aimed at the following:
(a) enactment of legislation to ensure equality of opportunity for women, to enable them to participate fully in all spheres of Namibian society;
… (Art. 95)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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(1) Every citizen has the right to take part in public affairs.
… (Art. 22) - Somali
(1) Muwaaddin kastaa wuxuu xaq u leeyahay in uu ka qayb-qaato arrimaha guud ee dadweynaha.
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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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6. The objects of local government shall be to:
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h. ensure gender mainstreaming in local government;
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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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4. Women shall have the right to equal treatment with men and that right shall include equal opportunities in political, economic and social activities.
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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishAll Burundians are equal in merits and in dignity. All citizens enjoy the same rights and have right to the same protection of the law. No Burundian may be excluded from the social, economical or political life of the nation because of their race, of their language, of their religion, of their sex or of their ethnic origin. (Art. 13)
- KirundiAbarundi bose baranganya iteka n’ivyo bakwiye kuronka. Abanyagihugu bose baranganya amateka kandi amabwirizwa abakingira kumwe. Nta murundi n’umwe azokumirwa mu vyerekeye imibano, ubutunzi canke intwaro y’igihugu kubera ibara ry’urukoba, ururimi, idini, igitsina canke ubwoko vyiwe. (Ingingo ya 13)
- FrenchTous les burundais sont égaux en mérite et en dignité. Tous les citoyens jouissent des mêmes droits et ont droit à la même protection de la loi. Aucun burundais ne sera exclu de la vie sociale, économique ou politique de la nation du fait de sa race, de sa langue, de sa religion, de son sexe ou de son origine ethnique. (Art. 13)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishNo agent of the public administration or of the judicial apparatus of the State may benefit from a treatment of favor nor be made the object of partial treatment on the sole motive of their sex, of their ethnic or regional origin or of their political affiliation. (Art. 150)
- KirundiNta mukozi wa Leta canke uwo mu gisata kijejwe guca imanza yofatwa neza gusumba abandi canke ngo arenganywe bafatiye gusa ku gitsina, ubwoko, intara canke umugambwe arimwo. (Ingingo ya 150)
- FrenchAucun agent de l’administration publique ou de l’appareil judiciaire de l’Etat ne peut bénéficier d’un traitement de faveur ni faire l’objet d’un traitement partial au seul motif de son sexe, de son origine ethnique et régional ou de son appartenance politique. (Art. 150)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishA Consultative Council of Civil Society and of Non-Governmental Organizations is instituted[,] responsible for emitting opinions on the questions linked to the participation of citizens in the life of the Nation in view of the promotion of the rights and freedoms of the citizens and of the republican values. (Art. 238)
- FrenchIl est institué un Conseil consultatif de la société civile et des organisations non gouvernementales chargé d’émettre des avis sur les questions liées à la participation des citoyens à la vie de la Nation en vue de la promotion des droits et libertés des citoyens et des valeurs républicaines. (Art. 238)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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(5) The State shall afford equality of economic opportunity to all citizens and, in particular, the State shall take all necessary steps so as to ensure the full integration of women into the mainstream of economic development.
… (Sec. 59)