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Affirmative Action (Broadly)
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h) To promote equality between men and women. (Art. 9) - PortugueseSão tarefas fundamentais do Estado:
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h) Promover a igualdade entre homens e mulheres. (Art. 9)
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In the National Assembly, equality and representation of different genders and members of national minorities shall be provided, in accordance with Law. (Art. 100) - Serbian Cyrillic
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У Народној скупштини обезбеђују се равноправност и заступљеност полова и представника националних мањина, у складу са законом. (Члан 100)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- EnglishThe state shall guarantee the equality of women and men and shall develop the policy of equal opportunities. (Art. 18)
- MontenegrinDržava jemči ravnopravnost žene i muškarca i razvija politiku jednakih mogućnosti. (Član 18)
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Equality of the sexes is promoted in societal activity and working life, especially in the determination of pay and the other terms of employment, as provided in more detail by an Act. (Sec. 6) - Finnish…
Sukupuolten tasa-arvoa edistetään yhteiskunnallisessa toiminnassa sekä työelämässä, erityisesti palkkauksesta ja muista palvelussuhteen ehdoista määrättäessä, sen mukaan kuin lailla tarkemmin säädetään. (6 §) - Swedish…
Jämställdhet mellan könen i samhällelig verksamhet och i arbetslivet främjas enligt vad som närmare bestäms genom lag, särskilt vad gäller lönesättning och andra anställningsvillkor. (6 §)
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(2) Men and women shall have equal rights. The state shall promote the actual implementation of equal rights for women and men and take steps to eliminate disadvantages that now exist.
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(2) Männer und Frauen sind gleichberechtigt. Der Staat fördert die tatsächliche Durchsetzung der Gleichberechtigung von Frauen und Männern und wirkt auf die Beseitigung bestehender Nachteile hin.
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Affirmative Action (Broadly)
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All direct or indirect discrimination based on any grounds, particularly on race, sex, national origin, social origin, birth, religion, political or other opinion, property status, culture, language, age, mental or physical disability shall be prohibited.
Special measures which the Republic of Serbia may introduce to achieve full equality of individuals or group of individuals in a substantially unequal position compared to other citizens shall not be deemed discrimination. (Art. 21) - Serbian Cyrillic
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Забрањена је свака дискриминација, непосредна или посредна, по било ком основу, a нарочито по основу расе, пола, националне припадности, друштвеног порекла, рођења, вероисповести, политичког или другог уверења, имовног стања, културе, језика, старости и психичког или физичког инвалидитета.
Не сматрају се дискриминацијом посебне мере које Република Србија може увести ради постизања пуне равноправности лица или групе лица која су суштински у неједнаком положају са осталим грађанима. (Члан 21)
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The law shall provide measures for encouraging the equal opportunity of men and women in standing for election to state authorities and local community authorities. (Art. 43) - Slovene
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Zakon določi ukrepe za spodbujanje enakih možnosti moških in žensk pri kandidiranju na volitvah v državne organe in organe lokalnih skupnosti. (43. Člen)
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(3) Women and men are equal in rights and in duties.
The State sees to active promotion of elimination of impediments which may exist in matters of equality between women and men.
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Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- EnglishDirect or indirect discrimination on any grounds shall be prohibited.
Regulations and introduction of special measures aimed at creating the conditions for the exercise of national, gender and overall equality and protection of persons who are in an unequal position on any grounds shall not be considered discrimination.
Special measures may only be applied until the achievement of the aims for which they were undertaken. (Art. 8) - MontenegrinZabranjena je svaka neposredna ili posredna diskriminacija, po bilo kom osnovu.
Neće se smatrati diskriminacijom propisi i uvođenje posebnih mjera koji su usmjereni na stvaranje uslova za ostvarivanje nacionalne, rodne i ukupne ravnopravnosti i zaštite lica koja su po bilo kom osnovu u nejednakom položaju.
Posebne mjere se mogu primjenjivati samo dok se ne ostvare ciljevi zbog kojih su preduzete. (Član 8)
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2. Public authorities shall create the conditions in which the equality and the liberty of the individual may be real and effective. (Art. 6) - Catalan...
2. Els poders públics han de crear les condicions per tal que la igualtat i la llibertat dels individus siguin reals i efectives. (Art. 6)