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Public Institutions and Services
- English
The Union shall :
(a) care for mothers and children, orphans, fallen Defence Services personnel’s children, the aged and the disabled;
... (Sec. 32) - Burmese
နိုင်ငံတော်သည် -
(က) မိခင် နှင့် ကလေးသူငယ်များ၊ မိဘမဲ့ကလေးများ၊ ကျဆုံးသော တပ်မတော်သားများ၏ ကလေးများ၊ အိုမင်းမစွမ်းသူများ၊ မသန်မစွမ်းသူများအား ကြည့်ရှု စောင့်ရှောက်ရမည်၊
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Public Institutions and Services
- English
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(2) Public expenditure shall make an equitable allocation of public resources, and its programming and execution shall comply with criteria of efficiency and economy.
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2. El gasto público realizará una asignación equitativa de los recursos públicos y su programación y ejecución responderán a los criterios de eficiencia y economía.
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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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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State shall protect working women by providing safe and healthful working conditions, taking into account their maternal functions, and such facilities and opportunities that will enhance their welfare and enable them to realize their full potential in the service of the nation. (Art. XIII, Sec. 14)
- FilipinoDapat pangalagaan ng Estado ang mga kababaihang nagtatrabaho sa pamamagitan ng paglalaan ng ligtas at nakapagpapalusog na mga kalagayan sa pagtatrabaho, na nagsasaalang-alang ng kanilang mga gawain bilang ina, at ng mga kaluwagan at mga pagkakataon na nagpapatingkad sa kanilang ikagagaling at ikagiginhawa upang matamo ang kanilang ganap na potensyal sa paglilingkod sa bansa. (Art. XIII, Seksyon 14)
Public Institutions and Services
- English... The family, childhood, motherhood and fatherhood are under the protection of the State. (Art. 51)
- Ukrainian... Сім'я, дитинство, материнство і батьківство охороняються державою. (Стаття 51)
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)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishEveryone shall be guaranteed social security in old age, in the time of sickness, invalidity and loss of ability to work, or loss of a guardian or other instances prescribed by law. (Art. 39)
- RussianКаждому гарантируется социальное обеспечение в старости, в случаях болезни, инвалидности, утраты трудоспособности, потери кормильца и в других случаях, определяемых законом. (Статья 39)
- TajikҲар шахс дар пиронсолӣ, ҳангоми беморӣ, маъюбӣ, гум кардани қобилияти кор, маҳрум шудан аз сарпараст ва мавридҳои дигаре, ки қонун муайян кардааст, кафолати таъмини иҷтимоӣ дорад. (Моддаи 39)
Public Institutions and Services
- English
(1) Citizens have the right to adequate material provision in old age, in the event of incapacity for work, as well as after losing their provider.
(2) Adequate material provision in old age shall be administered by means of a redistributive pension system and a pension savings system. The State shall promote voluntary pension savings schemes.
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(4) The inability to engage in income-generating activities because of long-term care for a child during the statutory period after the child's birth shall not adversely affect adequate material security in old age.
... (Art. 39) - Slovak
(1) Občania majú právo na primerané hmotné zabezpečenie v starobe a pri nespôsobilosti na prácu, ako aj pri strate živiteľa.
(2) Primerané hmotné zabezpečenie v starobe sa vykonáva prostredníctvom priebežne financovaného dôchodkového systému a systému starobného dôchodkového sporenia. Štát podporuje dobrovoľné sporenie na dôchodok.
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(4) Nemožnosť vykonávať zárobkovú činnosť z dôvodu dlhodobej starostlivosti o dieťa počas zákonom ustanovenej doby po jeho narodení nesmie mať negatívny vplyv na primerané hmotné zabezpečenie v starobe.
... (Čl. 39)