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Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- English(1) Anything done or omitted which would otherwise constitute a breach of any of the provisions of this Part3 shall not constitute such a breach if—
(a) it is done or omitted in good faith for the purpose of assisting or advancing persons or groups of persons, being in each case persons against whom discrimination is unlawful by virtue of this Part; and
(b) those persons or groups need or may reasonably be supposed to need assistance or advancement in order to achieve an equal place with other members of the community.
(2) Nothing in this Part—
(a) limits the power of the Crown to establish or arrange work or training schemes or employment assistance measures, eligibility for which may, in whole or in part, be determined by a person's age, employment status, or family status; or
(b) makes it unlawful for any person to recruit or refer any other person who is of a particular age or of a particular employment status or of a particular family status for any work or training scheme or employment assistance measure that is established or arranged by the Crown, the eligibility for which may, in whole or in part, be determined by a person's age, employment status, or family status. (Human Rights Act 1993, Sec. 73)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- EnglishAn organic law establishes notably:
• the conditions of democratic management of their affairs by the regions and the other territorial collectivities, the number of members of their councils, the rules relative to the eligibility, to the incompatibilities and to the case of the interdiction of accumulation of mandates, as well as the electoral regime and the provisions designed [visant] to assure the better participation of women within these councils;
… (Art. 146) - Arabicتحدد بقانون تنظيمي بصفة خاصة:
• شروط تدبير الجهات والجماعات الترابية الأخرى لشؤونها بكيفية ديمقراطية، وعدد أعضاء مجالسها، والقواعد المتعلقة بأهلية الترشيح، وحالات التنافي، وحالات منع الجمع بين الانتدابات، وكذا النظام الانتخابي، وأحكام تحسين تمثيلية النساء داخل المجالس المذكورة،
... (الفصل 146)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- English(1) Women have the right to equal treatment with men and that right shall include equal opportunities in political, economic and social activities.
(2) Subject to the availability of resources, the Government shall provide facilities and opportunities necessary to enhance the welfare of women to enable them to realise their full potential and advancement.
… (Sec. 28)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- EnglishThe law, federate law or rule referred to in Article 1345 guarantees that women and men may equally exercise their rights and freedoms, and in particular promotes their equal access to elective and public mandates.
The Council of Ministers and the Governments of the Communities and the Regions include both women and men.
The law, federate law or rule referred to in Article 134 provides for women and men to sit on the permanent deputations of the provincial councils, the colleges of the burgomasters and aldermen, the councils and permanent committees of the public centres for social welfare and on the executives of any other inter-provincial, supra-municipal, inter-municipal or intra-municipal territorial body.
The preceding paragraph does not apply when the law, federate law or rule referred to in Article 134 provides for the direct election of the members of the permanent deputations of the provincial councils, of aldermen, of the members of the councils and permanent committees of the social welfare centres or of the members of the executives of any other inter-provincial, supra-municipal, inter-municipal or intra-municipal territorial body. (Art. 11bis) - DutchDe wet, het decreet of de in artikel 134 bedoelde regel waarborgen voor vrouwen en mannen de gelijke uitoefening van hun rechten en vrijheden, en bevorderen meer bepaald hun gelijke toegang tot de door verkiezing verkregen mandaten en de openbare mandaten.
De Ministerraad en de Gemeenschaps- en Gewestregeringen tellen personen van verschillend geslacht.
De wet, het decreet of de in artikel 134 bedoelde regel organiseren de aanwezigheid van personen van verschillend geslacht binnen de bestendige deputaties van de provincieraden, de colleges van burgemeester en schepenen, de raden voor maatschappelijk welzijn, de vaste bureaus van de openbare centra voor maatschappelijk welzijn en in de uitvoerende organen van elk ander interprovinciaal, intercommunaal of binnengemeentelijk territoriaal orgaan.
Het voorgaande lid is niet van toepassing wanneer de wet, het decreet of de in artikel 134 bedoelde regel de rechtstreekse verkiezing organiseren van de bestendig afgevaardigden van de provincieraden, van de schepenen, van de leden van de raad voor maatschappelijk welzijn, van de leden van het vast bureau van de openbare centra voor maatschappelijk welzijn of van de leden van de uitvoerende organen van elk ander interprovinciaal, intercommunaal of binnengemeentelijk territoriaal orgaan. (Art. 11bis) - FrenchLa loi, le décret ou la règle visée à l’article 134 garantissent aux femmes et aux hommes l’égal exercice de leurs droits et libertés, et favorisent notamment leur égal accès aux mandats électifs et publics.
Le Conseil des ministres et les Gouvernements de communauté et de région comptent des personnes de sexe différent.
La loi, le décret ou la règle visée à l’article 134 organisent la présence de personnes de sexe différent au sein des députations permanentes des conseils provinciaux, des collèges des bourgmestre et échevins, des conseils de l’aide sociale, des bureaux permanents des centres publics d’aide sociale et dans les exécutifs de tout autre organe territorial interprovincial, intercommunal ou intracommunal.
L’alinéa qui précède ne s’applique pas lorsque la loi, le décret ou la règle visée à l’article 134 organisent l’élection directe des députés permanents des conseils provinciaux, des échevins, des membres du conseil de l’aide sociale, des membres du bureau permanent des centres publics d’aide sociale ou des membres des exécutifs de tout autre organe territorial interprovincial, intercommunal ou intracommunal. (Art. 11bis) - GermanDas Gesetz, das Dekret oder die in Artikel 134 erwähnte Regel gewährleistet Frauen und Männern die gleiche Ausübung ihrer Rechte und Freiheiten und fördert insbesondere ihren gleichen Zugang zu durch Wahl vergebenen Mandaten und öffentlichen Mandaten.
Dem Ministerrat und den Gemeinschafts- und Regionalregierungen gehören Personen verschiedenen Geschlechts an.
Das Gesetz, das Dekret oder die in Artikel 134 erwähnte Regel organisiert die Anwesenheit von Personen verschiedenen Geschlechts in den ständigen Ausschüssen der Provinzialräte, den Bürgermeister- und Schöffenkollegien, den Sozialhilferäten, den ständigen Präsidien der öffentlichen Sozialhilfezentren und in den ausführenden Organen jeglicher anderen interprovinzialen, suprakommunalen, interkommunalen oder intrakommunalen territorialen Organe.
Der vorhergehende Absatz ist nicht anwendbar, wenn das Gesetz, das Dekret oder die in Artikel 134 erwähnte Regel die Direktwahl der Mitglieder der ständigen Ausschüsse der Provinzialräte, der Schöffen, der Mitglieder der Sozialhilferäte, der Mitglieder der ständigen Präsidien der öffentlichen Sozialhilfezentren oder der Mitglieder der ausführenden Organe jeglicher anderen interprovinzialen, suprakommunalen, interkommunalen oder intrakommunalen territorialen Organe organisiert. (Art. 11bis)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- English
(1) The Electoral Commission is established.
(2) The Commission comprises:
(a) a Chairperson; and
(b) two othermembers; and
(c) the Chief Electoral Officer appointed under section 57A.
…
(5) At least one member of the Commission must be a woman.
… (Sec. 57)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- EnglishThe State shall actively promote and maintain the welfare of the people by adopting, inter alia, policies aimed at the following:
(a) enactment of legislation to ensure equality of opportunity for women, to enable them to participate fully in all spheres of Namibian society;
… (Art. 95)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- English… Measures determined by the State in order to eliminate an obstacle to or to promote a person’s ability to exercise their rights or liberties on the same basis as other persons or to protect or facilitate children, women, the elderly, persons with disabilities or underprivileged persons shall not be deemed as unjust discrimination under paragraph three. ... (Sec. 27)
- Thai… มาตรการที่รัฐกําหนดขึ้นเพื่อขจัดอุปสรรคหรือส่งเสริมให้บุคคลสามารถใช้สิทธิหรือเสรีภาพได้เช่นเดียวกับบุคคลอื่น หรือเพื่อคุ้มครองหรืออํานวยความสะดวกให้แก่เด็ก สตรี ผู้สูงอายุ คนพิการ หรือผู้ด้อยโอกาส ย่อมไม่ถือว่าเป็นการเลือกปฏิบัติโดยไม่เป็นธรรมตามวรรคสาม ... (มาตรา ๒๗)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- English
The Administration is largely representative of the Burundian Nation and must reflect the diversity of its components. The practices that it observes in the matter of employment are founded on objective and equitable criteria of aptitude as well as on the necessity to correct the disequilibrium and to assure a wide ethnic, regional and gender representation. ... (Art. 148)
- Kirundi
Mu ntwaro, abarundi bose bategerezwa kuba baserukiwe bikwiye mu budasa bwa bo. Ugutanga akazi gutegerezwa kwisunga ko abakarondera bakwije ibisabwa n’amategeko hakurikijwe ubutungane n’ukwitwararika gukosora ivyerekeye urugero rw’ingene abanyagihugu baserukirwa, bikaringanizwa mu buryo abanyagihugu bo mu moko yose, intara zose n’ibitsina baserukirwa. ... (Ingingo ya 148)
- French
L’Administration est largement représentative de la nation burundaise et doit refléter la diversité de ses composantes. Les pratiques qu’elle observe en matière d’emploi sont fondées sur des critères d’aptitude objectifs et équitables ainsi que sur la nécessité de corriger les déséquilibres et d’assurer une large représentation ethnique, régionale et de genre. ... (Art. 148)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- English… Men and women have equal rights. The State has the obligation to ensure that this equality exists in practice. Measures taken for this purpose shall not be interpreted as contrary to the principle of equality. … (Art. 10)
- Turkish… Kadınlar ve erkekler eşit haklara sahiptir. Devlet, bu eşitliğin yaşama geçmesini sağlamakla yükümlüdür. Bu maksatla alınacak tedbirler eşitlik ilkesine aykırı olarak yorumlanamaz. … (Madde 10)
Affirmative Action (Broadly)
- English1. Where a person is empowered to make a nomination or an appointment to a public office, that person shall ensure—
…
b. that fifty percent of each gender is nominated or appointed from the total available positions, unless it is not practicable to do so; ... (Art. 259)