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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishCitizens enjoy equal rights in all spheres of State and public activity. (Art. 65)
- Korean공민은 국가사회생활의 모든 분야에서 누구나 다 같은 권리를 가진다. (제65조)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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The State works to promote parity between men and women in the market of employment.
The State encourages the promotion of women to responsibilities in the public institutions and administrations as well as at the level of enterprises. (Art. 68) - Arabic
تعمل الدولة على ترقية التناصف بين الرجال والنساء في سوق التشغيل.
تشجع الدولة ترقية المرأة في مناصب المسؤولية في الهيئات واإلدارات العمومية وعلى مستوى المؤسسات. (المــادة 68) - French
L'Etat œuvre à promouvoir la parité entre les hommes et les femmes sur le marché de l'emploi.
L'Etat encourage la promotion de la femme aux responsabilités dans les institutions et administrations publiques ainsi qu'au niveau des entreprises. (Art. 68)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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5. The State should promote and guarantee the equal participation of women and men in candidate lists to the offices of popular election for the instances of guidance and decision in the public sphere, in the administration of justice, and in the State-controlled bodies. (Art. 39) - Spanish…
5) El Estado debe promover y garantizar la participación equilibrada de mujeres y hombres en las candidaturas a los cargos de elección popular para las instancias de dirección y decisión en el ámbito público, en la administración de justicia y en los organismos de control del Estado. (Art. 39)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe Union shall, upon specified qualifications being fulfilled, in appointing or assigning duties to civil service personnel, not discriminate for or against any citizen of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, based on race, birth, religion, and sex. However, nothing in this Section shall prevent appointment of men to the positions that are suitable for men only. (Sec. 352)
- Burmeseနိုင်ငံတော်သည် အလုပ်အကိုင်ခန့်ထားရာတွင်ဖြစ်စေ၊ နိုင်ငံ့ဝန်ထမ်းရွေးချယ် တာဝန်ပေးရာတွင် ဖြစ်စေ သတ်မှတ်သော အရည်အချင်းနှင့်ပြည်စုံပါက ပြည်ထောင်စုသမ္မတမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်၏ မည်သည့်နိုင်ငံသားကိုမျှ လူမျိုး၊ ဇာတိ၊ ကိုးကွယ်ရာဘာသာ သာသနာ၊ အမျိုးသား၊ အမျိုးသမီးကို အကြောင်းပြုလျက် ရာထူးရွေးချယ်ခန့်ထားခြင်းကို ခွဲခြားမှုမပြုရ။ သို့ရာတွင် အမျိူးသားများနှင့်သာ လျော်ကန်သင့်မြတ်သည့် ရာထူးတာဝန်များအတွက် အမျိုးသားများအား ရေးချယ်ခန့်ထားခြင်းကို ဤပုဒ်မအရ အဟန့်အတား မဖြစ်စေရ။ (ပုဒ်မ-၃၅၂)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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4. The Republic of Cabo Verde shall create gradually the conditions indispensable for the removal of all obstacles that may hinder the full development of the human person and limit the equality of its citizens, as well as their effective participation in the political, economic, social and cultural organization of the State and of the Cabo Verdean society. (Art. 1) - Portuguese...
4. A República de Cabo Verde criará progressivamente as condi- ções indispensáveis à remoção de todos os obstáculos que possam impedir o pleno desenvolvimento da pessoa humana e limitar a igualdade dos cidadãos e a efectiva participação destes na organização política, económica, social e cultural do Estado e da sociedade cabo-verdiana. (Art. 1)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe following are the rights and duties of the citizens:
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d. To opt for public offices [cargos]
… (Art. 136) - SpanishSon derechos y deberes de los ciudadanos:
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d) Optar a cargos públicos;
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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe access to public employment is guaranteed to every Chadian without discrimination whatever, under reserve of the specific [propres] conditions of each job [emplois].
Each public agent signs[,] on taking service[,] an ethical commitment. (Art. 33) - Arabicتولّي الوظائف العامة مضمون لكل تشادي دون أي تمييز في ظل الشروط الخاصة بكل وظيفة.
يوقع كل موظف عام عند تولي الخدمة على التزام أخلاقي. المادة (33) - FrenchL'accès aux emplois publics est garanti à tout Tchadien sans discrimination aucune, sous réserve des conditions propres à chaque emploi.
Chaque agent public signe à la prise de service un engagement déontologique. (Art. 33)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishNo person shall be hindered in the enjoyment of participating through co-operatives, trade unions, civic or socio-economic organisations of a national character, in the management and decision-making processes of the State. (Art. 149C)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe state shall provide women with all opportunities enabling them to effectively and fully contribute to the political, economic, social and cultural life, and the state shall work on removing the restrictions that prevent their development and participation in building society. (Art. 23)
- Arabicتوفّر الدولة للمرأة جميع الفرص التي تتيح لها المساهمة الفعالة والكاملة في الحياة السياسية والإقتصادية والإجتماعية والثقافية، وتعمل على إزالة القيود التي تمنع تطورها ومشاركتها في بناء المجتمع. (المادّة 23)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English1. Every citizen enjoys the following rights and freedoms:
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c) To equality before the law. The woman, whatever her civil status may be, has equal rights and opportunities as the man in all the orders of public, private, and family life, [and] in civil, political, economic, social, and cultural [life].
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2. Concerning the basis of the principle of equality of the woman before the law, the public powers shall adopt legal initiatives and mechanisms to favor the adequate representation and participation of the woman in the provision of the offices [cargos] and other functions in all the institutions of the State.
… (Art. 13) - Spanish1. Todo ciudadano goza de los siguientes derechos y libertades:
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c) A la igualdad ante la ley. La mujer, cualquiera que sea su estado civil, tiene iguales derechos y oportunidades que el hombre en todos los órdenes de la vida pública, privada y familiar, en lo civil, político, económico, social y cultural.
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2. Sobre la base del principio de la igualdad de la mujer ante la ley, los poderes públicos adoptarán iniciativas legales y mecanismos para favorecer la adecuada representación y participación de la Mujer en el desempeño de los cargos y demás funciones en todas las Instituciones del Estado.
… (Art. 13) - French1. Tout citoyen jouit des droits et libertés qui suivent:
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c) L'égalité devant la loi. La femme, quel que soit son état civil, a les mêmes droits et possibilités que l'homme dans tous les domaines de la vie publique, privée et familiale, que ce soit sur le plan civil, politique, économique, social ou culturel.
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2. Conformément au principe d'égalité des femmes devant la loi, les pouvoirs publics prendront des initiatives en vue de l'adoption de lois et de mécanismes favorisant la représentation et participation adéquates des femmes dans l'exercice des charges et autres fonctions à l'intérieur de l'ensemble des institutions de l'État.
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