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(1) The mother and the child shall enjoy special assistance and protection.
… (Art. 50) - Moldovian
(1) Mama şi copilul au dreptul la ajutor şi ocrotire specială.
… (Art. 50)
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The workers have the right to conditions of work that assure to them[,] especially:
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7. Social security for integral protection and measures of subsistence in cases of disability, age, occupational risks, illness or maternity, and to their relations in cases of death, in the form and conditions that the law determines. (Art. 82) - Spanish
Los trabajadores tienen derecho a condiciones de trabajo que les aseguren en especial:
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7) Seguridad social para protección integral y medios de subsistencia en casos de invalidez, vejez, riesgos profesionales, enfermedad y maternidad; y a sus familiares en casos de muerte, en la forma y condiciones que determine la ley. (Art. 82)
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Marriage and the family shall be protected by the State.
The State pays great attention to consolidating the family, the basic unit of social life. (Art. 78) - Korean
결혼과 가정은 국가의 보호를 받는다.
국가는 사회의 기층생활단위인 가정을 공고히 하는데 깊은 관심을 돌린다. (제78조)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State must take all practical measures, within the limits of the resources available to it, to provide social security and social care to those who are in need. (Sec. 30)
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- English1. In performing their irreplaceable role in relation to their children, particularly as regards the children's education, fathers and mothers have the right to protection by society and the state, together with the guarantee of their own professional fulfilment and participation in civic life.
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3. Women have the right to special protection during pregnancy and following childbirth, and working women also have the right to an adequate period of leave from work without loss of remuneration or any privileges.
… (Art. 68) - Portuguese1. Os pais e as mães têm direito à protecção da sociedade e do Estado na realização da sua insubstituível acção em relação aos filhos, nomeadamente quanto à sua educação, com garantia de realização profissional e de participação na vida cívica do país.
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3. As mulheres têm direito a especial protecção durante a gravidez e após o parto, tendo as mulheres trabalhadoras ainda direito a dispensa do trabalho por período adequado, sem perda da retribuição ou de quaisquer regalias.
… (Art. 68)
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- EnglishAgrarian reform and rural development are effected in accordance with the following bases:
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9. support to the peasant woman, especially to who is head of [the] family;
… (Art. 115) - SpanishLa reforma agraria y el desarrollo rural se efectuarán de acuerdo con las siguientes bases:
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9. el apoyo a la mujer campesina, en especial a quien sea cabeza de familia;
… (Art. 115)
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The citizens of Mongolia are guaranteed to exercise the following rights and freedoms:
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5/ the right to material and financial assistance in old age, disability, childbirth and childcare and in other circumstances as provided by law;
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11/ … The State shall protect the interests of the family, motherhood and the child;
… (Art. 16) - Mongolian
Монгол Улсын иргэн дараахь үндсэн эрх, эрх чөлөөг баталгаатай эдэлнэ:
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5) өндөр наслах, хөдөлмөрийн чадвар алдах, хүүхэд төрүүлэх, асрах болон хуульд заасан бусад тохиолдолд эд, мөнгөний тусламж авах эрхтэй;
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11) … Гэр бүл, эх нялхас, хүүхдийн ашиг сонирхлыг төр хамгаална;
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- EnglishThe following are essential purposes and functions of the State, in addition to those established in the Constitution and the law:
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2. To guarantee the welfare, development, security and protection, and equal dignity of individuals, nations, peoples, and communities, …
5. To guarantee access of all people to education, health and work.
… (Art. 9) - SpanishSon fines y funciones esenciales del Estado, además de los que establece la Constitución y la ley:
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2. Garantizar el bienestar, el desarrollo, la seguridad y la protección e igual dignidad de las personas, las naciones, los pueblos y las comunidades, ...
5. Garantizar el acceso de las personas a la educación, a la salud y al trabajo.
… (Art. 9)
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The Republic of Serbia shall organise and provide for:
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10. system in areas of health care, social security, … system of public services;
… (Art. 97) - Serbian Cyrillic
Република Србија уређује и обезбеђује:
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10. систем у областима здравства, социјалне заштите, ... систем јавних служби;
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- EnglishThe policy in relation to social security for widows, orphans, the aged, invalids and incapacitated workers shall be indicated by law. (Art. 50)
- DutchHet beleid inzake sociale zekerheid voor weduwen, wezen, bejaarden, invaliden en arbeidsongeschikten wordt bij wet aangegeven. (Art. 50)