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- English1. Motherhood and fatherhood shall be afforded dignity and protection.
… (Art. 120) - Portuguese1. A maternidade e a paternidade são dignificadas e protegidas.
... (Art. 120)
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(3) The family is the natural and fundamental unit of society and is entitled to protection by the State.
(4) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance by society and the State.
(5) Society and the State have the duty to preserve and sustain the harmonious development, cohesion and respect for the family and family values.
(6) Subject to the availability of resources, the Government shall provide facilities and opportunities necessary to enhance the welfare of the needy and the elderly. (Sec. 27)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishUnpaid work of self-sustenance and care-giving, carried out in the home, is recognized as productive work.
The State shall strive towards a labor system that works in harmony with the needs for human care-giving, and that facilitates suitable services, infrastructure and work schedules; it shall, in particular, provide services for child care, care for persons with disabilities, and other services as needed for workers to be able to perform their labor activities; it shall furthermore foster the joint responsibility and reciprocity of men and women in domestic work and family obligations.
Social service protection shall be progressively extended to persons who are responsible for unpaid family work at home, in accordance with the general conditions of the system and the law. (Art. 333) - SpanishSe reconoce como labor productiva el trabajo no remunerado de autosustento y cuidado humano que se realza en los hogares.
El Estado promoverá un régimen laboral que funcione en armonía con las necesidades del cuidado humano, que facilite servicios, infraestructura y horarios de trabajo adecuados; de manera especial, proveerá servicios de cuidado infantil, de atención a las personas con discapacidad y otros necesarios para que las personas trabajadoras puedan desempeñar sus actividades laborales; e impulsará la corresponsabilidad y reciprocidad de hombres y mujeres en el trabajo doméstico y en las obligaciones familiares.
La protección de la seguridad social se extenderá de manera progresiva a las personas que tengan a su cargo el trabajo familiar no remunerado en el hogar, conforme a las condiciones generales del sistema y la ley. (Art. 333)
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- EnglishFamily, being the natural and fundamental cell of society and the basis for the preservation and reproduction of the population, as well as motherhood and childhood shall be under special protection and aegis of the state. (Art. 16)
- ArmenianԸնտանիքը, որպես հասարակության բնական և հիմնական բջիջ, բնակչության պահպանման և վերարտադրման հիմք, ինչպես նաև մայրությունը և մանկությունը պետության հատուկ պաշտպանության և հովանավորության ներքո են: (Հոդված 16)
Public Institutions and Services
- English(1) The State shall strive to promote the welfare of the people by securing and protecting as effectively as it may a social order in which justice, social, economic and political, shall inform all the institutions of the national life.
(2) The State shall, in particular, strive to minimise the inequalities in income, and endeavour to eliminate inequalities in status, facilities and opportunities, not only amongst individuals but also amongst groups of people residing in different areas or engaged in different vocations. (Art. 38) - Hindi(1) राज्य ऐसी सामाजिक व्यवस्था की, जिसमें सामाजिक, आर्थिक और राजनैतिक न्याय राष्ट्रीय जीवन की सभी संस्थाओं को अनुप्राणित करे, भरसक प्रभावी रूप से स्थापना और संरक्षण करके लोक कल्याण की अभिवृद्धि का प्रयास करेगा।
(2) राज्य, विशिष्टतया, आय की असमानताओं को कम करने का प्रयास करेगा और न केवल व्यक्तियों के बीच बल्कि विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में रहने वाले और विभिन्न व्यवसायों में लगे हुए लोगों के समूहों के बीच भी प्रतिष्ठा, सुविधाओं और अवसरों की असमानता समाप्त करने का प्रयास करेगा। (अनुच्छेद 38)
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(1) The State shall be bound to take actions in order that every person has a decent standard of living that would ensure him/her and his/her family members health protection and welfare including food, clothing, shelter, medical care, as well as necessary social services.
(2) All citizens have the right to be insured in case of: unemployment, disease, disability, widowhood, old age or other situations where, due to causes beyond one’s control, one loses the source or means of obtaining the necessities of life. (Art. 47) - Moldovian
(1) Statul este obligat să ia măsuri pentru ca orice om să aibă un nivel de trai decent, care să-i asigure sănătatea şi bunăstarea, lui şi familiei lui, cuprinzînd hrana, îmbrăcămintea, locuinţa, îngrijirea medicală, precum şi serviciile sociale necesare.
(2) Cetăţenii au dreptul la asigurare în caz de: şomaj, boală, invaliditate, văduvie, bătrîneţe sau în celelalte cazuri de pierdere a mijloacelor de subzistenţă, în urma unor împrejurări independente de voinţa lor. (Art. 47)
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The sovereign People of Senegal,
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PROCLAIM:
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- to the equal access of all the citizens to the public services;
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Le Peuple du Sénégal souverain,
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PROCLAME :
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- l'égal accès de tous les citoyens aux services publics ;
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Public Institutions and Services
- English(1) Where under any law any person or authority has a discretion-
(a) to decide whether or not any pensions benefits shall be granted, or
(b) to withhold, reduce in amount or suspend any such benefits that have been granted,
those benefits shall be granted and may not be withheld, reduced in amount or suspended unless the Public Service Commission concurs in the refusal to grant the benefits or, as the case may be, in the decision to withhold them, reduce them in amount or suspend them.
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(6) In this section "pensions benefits" means any pensions, compensation, gratuities or other like allowances for persons in respect of their service as judges or public officers or for the widows, children, dependants or personal representatives of such persons in respect of such service.
… (Sec. 93)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe health of the people shall be guaranteed. The State shall give full consideration to disease prevention and medical cares. Poor people shall receive free medical consultations in public hospitals, infirmaries and maternities.
The State shall establish infirmaries and maternities in rural areas. (Art. 72) - Khmerសុខភាពរបស់ប្រជារាស្ត្រត្រូវបានធានា ។ រដ្ឋយកចិត្តទុកដាក់ដល់ការការពារជំងឺ និងព្យាបាលជំងឺ ។ ប្រជារាស្ត្រ ក្រីក្រត្រូវបានទទួលការពិនិត្យរោគដោយឥតបង់ថ្លៃនៅតាមមន្ទីរពេទ្យ គិលានដ្ឋាន និងមន្ទីរសម្ភពសាធារណៈ។
រដ្ឋរៀបចំឱ្យមានគិលានដ្ឋាន និងមន្ទីរសម្ភពដល់ជនបទ។ (មាត្រា ៧២)
Public Institutions and Services
- English1. A citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be guaranteed a minimum wage and pension, and guaranteed social security in old age, in case of disease, disability or loss of the main income-provider and other legal grounds.
… (Art. 28) - Kazak1. Қазақстан Республикасының азаматы жасына келген, науқастанған, мүгедек болған, асыраушысынан айырылған жағдайда және өзге де заңды негiздерде оған ең төменгi жалақы мен зейнетақының мөлшерiнде әлеуметтiк қамсыздандырылуына кепiлдiк берiледi.
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