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The State organizes institutions and services that facilitate the ability of working families to carry out their responsibilities. (Art. 64) - Spanish…
El Estado organiza instituciones y servicios que faciliten a las familias trabajadoras el desempeño de sus responsabilidades. (Art. 64)
Public Institutions and Services
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(2) The State shall develop a system of social security for all of the people and shall empower the inadequate and underprivileged in society in accordance with human dignity.
(3) The State shall have the obligation to provide sufficient medical and public service facilities.
… (Art. 34) - Indonesian…
(2) Negara mengembangkan sistem jaminan sosial bagi seluruh rakyat dan memberdayakan masyarakat yang lemah dan tidak mampu sesuai dengan martabat kemanusiaan.
(3) Negara bertanggung jawab atas penyediaan fasilitas pelayanan kesehatan dan fasilitas pelayanan umum yang layak.
… (Pasal 34)
Public Institutions and Services
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1. It shall be the concern of the authorities to secure the means of subsistence of the population and to achieve the distribution of wealth.
2. Rules concerning entitlement to social security shall be laid down by Act of Parliament.
3. Dutch nationals resident in the Netherlands who are unable to provide for themselves shall have a right, to be regulated by Act of Parliament, to aid from the authorities. (Art. 20) - Dutch
1. De bestaanszekerheid der bevolking en spreiding van welvaart zijn voorwerp van zorg der overheid.
2. De wet stelt regels omtrent de aanspraken op sociale zekerheid.
3. Nederlanders hier te lande, die niet in het bestaan kunnen voorzien, hebben een bij de wet te regelen recht op bijstand van overheidswege. (Art. 20)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishMarriage, being a union of a man and a woman, as well as the family, motherhood and parenthood, shall be placed under the protection and care of the Republic of Poland. (Art. 18)
- PolishMałżeństwo jako związek kobiety i mężczyzny, rodzina, macierzyństwo i rodzicielstwo znajdują się pod ochroną i opieką Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej. (Art. 18)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe public powers enact [élaborent] and implement the policies designed [destinées] for persons and for categories of specific needs. To this effect, it sees notably:
• to respond to [traiter] and provide for the vulnerability of certain categories of women and of mothers, of children, and of elderly persons;
… (Art. 34) - Arabicتقوم السّلطات العمومية بوضع وتفعيل سياسات موجّهة إلى الأشخاص والفئات من ذوي الاحتياجات الخصوصية ولهذا الغرض، تسهر خصوصاً على ما يلي:
• معالجة الأوضاع الهشّة لفئات من النّساء والأمّهات، وللأطفال والأشخاص المسنّين ،
... (الفصل 34)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishTo protect the rights of persons who are members of a family:
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4. The State shall protect mothers, fathers and those who are the heads of family, in the exercise of their obligations and shall pay special attention to families who have broken up for whatever reason.
… (Art. 69) - SpanishPara proteger los derechos de las personas integrantes de la familia:
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4. El Estado protegerá a las madres, a los padres y a quienes sean jefas y jefes de familia, en el ejercicio de sus obligaciones, y prestará especial atención a las familias disgregadas por cualquier causa.
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- English1. Social welfare; social services subject to Lists I and II; protection of women, children and young persons.
… (Ninth Schedule, Legislative Lists, List III—Concurrent List) - Malay1. Kebajikan masyarakat; perkhidmatan masyarakat tertakluk kepada Senarai I dan II; perlindungan bagi perempuan, kanak-kanak dan orang muda.
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Public Institutions and Services
- English1. The Government of the Russian Federation:
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c) shall ensure the implementation in the Russian Federation of a uniform socially-oriented State policy in the sphere of culture, science, education, health, social security, support, strengthening and protection of family, preserving traditional family values, and protection of environment;
… (Art. 114) - Russian1. Правительство Российской Федерации:
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в) обеспечивает проведение в Российской Федерации единой социально ориентированной государственной политики в области культуры, науки, образования, здравоохранения, социального обеспечения, поддержки, укрепления и защиты семьи, сохранения традиционных семейных ценностей, а также в области охраны окружающей среды;
… (Статья 114)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe family, being the natural foundation of the Rwandan society, is protected by the State.
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The State puts in place appropriate legislation and organs for the protection of the family, particularly the child and mother, in order to ensure that the family flourishes. (Art. 18) - KinyarwandaUmuryango, ari wo shingiro kamere ry’imbaga y’Abanyarwanda, urengerwa na Leta.
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Leta ishyiraho amategeko n’inzego bikwiye bishinzwe kurengera umuryango, by'umwihariko umwana na nyina, kugira ngo umuryango ugire ubwisanzure. (Ingingo ya 18) - FrenchLa famille, base naturelle de la société rwandaise, est protégée par l’Etat.
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L’Etat met en place une législation et des institutions appropriées pour la protection de la famille, de l’enfant et de la mère en particulier, en vue de l’épanouissement de la famille. (Art. 18)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State, at all levels of government, shall guarantee the right to habitat and decent housing, for which purpose it shall:
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3. Draft, implement and evaluate policies, plans and programs for habitat and universal access to housing, on the basis of the principles of universality, equity, and interculturalism, with a risk management approach.
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5. Develop plans and programs to fund housing of social interest, through government banks and grassroots credit institutions, with emphasis on persons with limited financial resources and women heads of household.
… (Art. 375) - SpanishEl Estado, en todos sus niveles de gobierno, garantizará el derecho al hábitat y a la vivienda digna, para lo cual:
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3. Elaborará, implementará y evaluará políticas, planes y programas de hábitat y de acceso universal a la vivienda, a partir de los principios de universalidad, equidad e interculturalidad, con enfoque en la gestión de riesgos.
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5. Desarrollará planes y programas de financiamiento para vivienda de interés social, a través de la banca pública y de las instituciones de finanzas populares, con énfasis para las personas de escasos recursos económicos y las mujeres jefas de hogar.
… (Art. 375)