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- EnglishThe national system of social inclusion and equity is an articulated and coordinated set of systems, institutions, policies, norms, programs and services that ensure the exercise, guarantee, and enforceability of the rights enshrined in the Constitution and the achievement of the objectives of the development plan.
The system shall be coordinated with the National Development Plan and with the national decentralized system of participatory planning; it shall be guided by the principles of universality, equality, equity, progressivity, interculturalism, solidarity and nondiscrimination; and it shall function on the basis of the criteria of quality, efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, responsibility and participation.
The system is comprised of the sectors of education, health, social security, risk management, physical education and sports, habitat and housing, culture, information and communication, the enjoyment of leisure, science and technology, population, human security and transportation. (Art. 340) - SpanishEl sistema nacional de inclusión y equidad social es el conjunto articulado y coordinado de sistemas, instituciones, políticas, normas, programas y servicios que aseguran el ejercicio, garantía y exigibilidad de los derechos reconocidos en la Constitución y el cumplimiento de los objetivos del régimen de desarrollo.
El sistema se articulará al Plan Nacional de Desarrollo y al sistema nacional descentralizado de planificación participativa; se guiará por los principios de universalidad, igualdad, equidad, progresividad, interculturalidad, solidaridad y no discriminación; y funcionará bajo los criterios de calidad, eficiencia, eficacia, transparencia, responsabilidad y participación.
El sistema se compone de los ámbitos de la educación, salud, seguridad social, gestión de riesgos, cultura física y deporte, hábitat y vivienda, cultura, comunicación e información, disfrute del tiempo libre, ciencia y tecnología, población, seguridad humana y transporte. (Art. 340)
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- English(1) Hungary shall strive to provide social security to all of its citizens. Every Hungarian citizen shall be entitled to assistance in the event of maternity, illness, invalidity, disability, widowhood, orphanhood and unemployment for reasons outside of his or her control, as provided by law.
(2) Hungary shall implement social security for those persons referred to in paragraph (1) and for others in need through a system of social institutions and measures.
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(4) … The law may lay down conditions for the entitlement of women to state pension, taking into consideration the requirement of increased protection. (Freedom and Responsibility, Art. XIX) - Hungarian(1) Magyarország arra törekszik, hogy minden állampolgárának szociális biztonságot nyújtson. Anyaság, betegség, rokkantság, fogyatékosság, özvegység, árvaság és önhibáján kívül bekövetkezett munkanélküliség esetén minden magyar állampolgár törvényben meghatározott támogatásra jogosult.
(2) Magyarország a szociális biztonságot az (1) bekezdés szerinti és más rászorulók esetében a szociális intézmények és intézkedések rendszerével valósítja meg.
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(4) ... Törvény az állami nyugdíjra való jogosultság feltételeit a nők fokozott védelmének követelményére tekintettel is megállapíthatja. (Szabadság és Felelősség, XIX. cikk)
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Parents have the natural right and the duty to raise their children. They are sustained in this effort, by the State and the public collectivities.
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Les parents ont le droit naturel et le devoir d'élever leurs enfants. Ils sont soutenus, dans cette tâche, par l'Etat et les collectivités publiques.
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State guarantees the social, economic, and juridical protection of the family. … (Art. 47)
- SpanishEl Estado garantiza la protección social, económica y jurídica de la familia. … (Art. 47)
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- EnglishThe State shall, within the limits of its economic capacity and development, make effective provision for securing the right to work, to education and to public assistance in cases of unemployment, old age, sickness and disablement, and in other cases of undeserved want. (Art. 41)
- Hindiराज्य अपनी आर्थिक सामर्थ्य और विकास की सीमाओं के भीतर, काम पाने के, शिक्षा पाने के और बेकारी, बुढ़ापा, बीमारी और नि:शक्तता तथा अन्य अनर्ह अभाव की दशाओं में लोक सहायता पाने के अधिकार को प्राप्त कराने का प्रभावी उपबंध करेगा। (अनुच्छेद 41)
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(1) The State shall facilitate, by economic and other actions, formation of families and fulfilment of their assigned duties.
(2) The State shall protect motherhood, children and young people, by fostering the development of the required institutions.
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(1) Statul facilitează, prin măsuri economice şi prin alte măsuri, formarea familiei şi îndeplinirea obligaţiilor ce îi revin.
(2) Statul ocroteşte maternitatea, copiii şi tinerii, stimulînd dezvoltarea instituţiilor necesare.
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe main objectives of state policy in the economic, social, and cultural spheres shall be:
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4. To promote factual equality between women and men;
5. To promote the birth rate and the having of many children;
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7. To implement health protection and improvement programs for the population, and to create conditions for effective and affordable medical services for the population;
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10. To develop the regions proportionately;
… (Art. 86) - ArmenianՏնտեսական, սոցիալական և մշակութային ոլորտներում պետության քաղաքականության հիմնական նպատակներն են`
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4) կանանց և տղամարդկանց միջև փաստացի հավասարության խթանումը.
5) ծնելիության և բազմազավակության խթանումը.
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7) բնակչության առողջության պահպանման և բարելավման ծրագրերի իրականացումը, արդյունավետ և մատչելի բժշկական սպասարկման պայմանների ստեղծումը.
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10) տարածքային համաչափ զարգացումը.
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Public Institutions and Services
- English1. The Civil Service shall be governed by, inter alia, the following values and Principles:
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d. services shall be provided to all persons impartially, fairly, equitably and without bias or discrimination on the basis of religion, ethnicity, region, gender, health status or physical disability;
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2. Subject to sections 18 and 49, and to subsections (9) and (12) of this section, and save only as may be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society-
a. this Chapter13 guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in subsections (3) and (6) of this section and in sections 14, 15, 16 and 17; and
b. Parliament shall pass no law and no organ of the State shall take any action which abrogates, abridges or infringes those rights.
3. The rights and freedoms referred to in subsection (2) are as follows-
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h. the right to equitable and humane treatment by any public authority in the exercise of any function;
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The State shall afford special protection to mothers and children by providing maternity leave, reduced working hours for mothers with several children, a wide network of maternity hospitals, crèches and kindergartens, and other measures.
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국가는 산전산후휴가의 보장, 여러 어린이를 가진 어머니를 위한 로동시간의 단축, 산원, 탁아소와 유치원망의 확장 그밖의 시책을 통하여 어머니와 어린이를 특별히 보호한다.
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