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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishKhmer citizens of both sexes have the right to participate actively in the political, economic, social and cultural life of the nation.
… (Art. 35) - Khmerប្រជាពលដ្ឋខ្មែរទាំងពីរភេទ មានសិទ្ធិចូលរួមយ៉ាងសកម្ម ក្នុងជីវភាពនយោបាយ សេដ្ឋកិច្ច សង្គមកិច្ច និងវប្បធម៌របស់ប្រទេសជាតិ។
... (មាត្រា ៣៥)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe High Council of Communication consists of nine (9) members including at least four (4) women.
… (Art. 139) - FrenchLe Haut Conseil de la Communication comprend neuf (9) membres dont au moins quatre (4) femmes.
… (Art. 139)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English
(1) No person shall be appointed by the President as the Chairman or a member of any of the Commissions specified in the Schedule to this Article, except on a recommendation of the Council.
(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) of this Article shall apply in respect of any person appointed to act as the Chairman or as a member of any such Commission.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Council to recommend to the President fit and proper persons for appointment as Chairmen or members of the Commissions specified in the Schedule to this Article, whenever the occasion for such appointments arises, and such recommendations shall endeavour to ensure that such recommendations reflect the pluralistic character of Sri Lankan society, including gender. In the case of the Chairmen of such Commissions, the Council shall recommend three persons for appointment, and the President shall appoint one of the persons recommended as Chairman.
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SCHEDULE
(a) The Election Commission.
(b) The Public Service Commission.
(c) The National Police Commission.
(d) The Audit Service Commission.
(e) The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka.
(f) The Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.
(g) The Finance Commission.
(h) The Delimitation Commission.
(i) The National Procurement Commission. (Art. 41B) - Sinhala
(1) මේ ව්යවස්ථාවේ උපලේඛනයේ නිශ්චිතව සඳහන් යම් කොමිෂන් සභාවක සභාපතිවරයා ලෙස හෝ සාමාජිකයකු ලෙස හෝ ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් තැනැත්තකු පත් කිරීම සභාවේ නිර්දේශය මත හැර, නොකරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය.
(2) මේ ව්යවස්ථාවේ (1) වන අනු ව්යවස්ථාවේ විධිවිධාන, එකී යම් කොමිෂන් සභාවක සභාපතිවරයා ලෙස හෝ සාමාජිකයකු ලෙස වැඩබැලීම සඳහා පත් කරනු ලැබූ යම් තැනැත්තකු සම්බන්ධයෙන් ද අදාළ විය යුත්තේ ය.
(3) මේ ව්යවස්ථාවේ උපලේඛනයේ නිශ්චිතව සඳහන් කොමිෂන් සභාවල සභාපතිවරුන් ලෙස හෝ සාමාජිකයන් ලෙස පත් කිරීම සඳහා අවස්ථාව එළඹෙන කවර හෝ විටක එසේ පත් කරනු ලැබිය යුතු නිසි සහ යෝග්ය තැනැත්තන් ජනාධිපතිවරයා වෙත නිර්දේශ කිරීම සභාවේ කාර්යයක් වන අතර ඒ නිර්දේශවලින් ලිංගික වර්ගීකරණය ඇතුළුව ශ්රී ලාංකීය සමාජයේ බහුත්ත්ව ස්වභාවය පිළිබිඹු වන බව වගබලා ගැනීමට ප්රයත්න දරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය. ඒ කොමිෂන් සභාවල සහාපතිවරුන් සම්බන්ධයෙන් වන විට, පත් කිරීම සඳහා සභාව විසින් තැනැත්තන් තිදෙනෙකු නිර්දේශ කරනු ලැබිය යුතු අතර, නිර්දේශ කරනු ලැබූ තැනැත්තන්ගෙන් එක් අයෙකු ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් සභාපතිවරයා ලෙස පත් කරනු ලැබිය යුත්තේ ය.
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උපලේඛනය
(අ) මැතිවරණ කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ආ) රාජ්ය සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඇ) ජාතික පොලිස් කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඈ) විගණන සේවා කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඉ) ශ්රී ලංකා මානව හිමිකම් කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඊ) අල්ලස් හෝ දූෂණ චෝදනා විමර්ශනය කිරීමේ කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(උ) මුදල් කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(ඌ) සීමා නිර්ණය කොමිෂන් සභාව;
(එ) ජාතික ප්රසම්පාදන කොමිෂන් සභාව. (41ආ වැනි වගන්තිය)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishParticipation of citizens in the public life is a national duty.
… (Art. 87) - Arabicمشاركة المواطن فى الحياة العامة واجب وطنى،
… (المادّة 87)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- Englishi. The State shall give the highest priority to the enactment of legislation establishing measures that protect and enhance the right of the people to equal opportunities in development.
… (National Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy, XI)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe door for holding a public office is open to all citizens on the basis of equal conditions and in accordance with the provisions of the law. … (Art. 35)
- Arabicباب الوظائف العامة مفتوح لجميع المواطنين على أساس المساواة بينهم في الظروف وفقا لأحكام القانون ... (المادّة 35)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English…
(5) The State shall actively promote the integration of the peoples of Ghana and prohibit discrimination and prejudice on the grounds of place of origin, circumstances of birth, ethnic origin, gender or religion, creed or other beliefs.
(6) Towards the achievement of the objectives stated in clause (5) of this article, the State shall take appropriate measures to—
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(b) achieve reasonable regional and gender balance in recruitment and appointment to public offices;
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(d) make democracy a reality by decentralizing the administrative and financial machinery of government to the regions and districts and by affording all possible opportunities to the people to participate in decision-making at every level in national life and in government;
… (Art. 35)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishWE, THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA:
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CONFIRM the equal worth of women and men and their right to freely participate in, determine and build a sustainable political, legal, economic and social order; … (Preamble)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe state shall guarantee equal opportunities for all citizens in the fields of political, economic, social and cultural activities and shall enact the necessary laws for the realization thereof. (Art. 24)
- Arabicتكفل الدولة تكافؤ الفرص لجميع المواطنين سياسياً واقتصادياً واجتماعياً وثقافياً وتصدر القوانين لتحقيق ذلك. (المادّة 24)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English...
(3) Women and men have the right to equal treatment, including the right to equal opportunities in political, economic, cultural and social spheres.
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(6) To give full effect to the realisation of the rights guaranteed under this Article, the State shall take legislative and other measures, including affirmative action8 programmes and policies designed to redress any disadvantage suffered by individuals or groups because of past discrimination.
(7) Any measure taken under clause (6) shall adequately provide for any benefits to be on the basis of genuine need.
(8) In addition to the measures contemplated in clause (6), the State shall take legislative and other measures to implement the principle that not more than two-thirds of the members of elective or appointive bodies shall be of the same gender. (Art. 27) - Swahili...
(3) Wanawake na wanaume wana haki ya kutendewa kwa usawa, ikiwa ni pamoja na haki ya kuwa na fursa sawa katika nyanja za kisiasa, kiuchumi, kiutamaduni na kijamii.
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(6) Ili kutekeleza kikamilifu utekelezaji wa haki zilizohakikishwa chini ya Kifungu hiki, Serikali itachukua hatua za kisheria na hatua nyinginezo, pamoja na mipango na sera thabiti za utekelezaji zilizoundwa ili kufidia unyimwaji wa haki ambao uliwapata watu au kikundi cha watu kwa sababu ya ubaguzi wa zamani.
(7) Hatua yoyote inayochukuliwa chini ya ibara ya (6) itatoa kikamilifu maslahi kwa msingi wa hitaji la kweli.
(8) Pamoja na hatua zilizobainishwa katika ibara ya (6), Serikali itachukua hatua za kisheria na hatua nyinginezo ili kutekeleza kanuni ambayo itahakikisha kwamba washirika wa bodi wa kuchaguliwa au kuteuliwa wa jinsia moja hawatakuwa zaidi ya theluthi mbili. (Kifungu cha27)