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3. Parents shall have the right to choose schools other than public for their children.
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3. Rodzice mają wolność wyboru dla swoich dzieci szkół innych niż publiczne.
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The gratuity of health care [salud] for the vulnerable sectors of the population, prioritizing the provision [cumplimiento] of maternal-infant programs[,] is guaranteed. The model of family and community health care will be developed.
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Se garantiza la gratuidad de la salud para los sectores vulnerables de la población, priorizando el cumplimiento de los programas materno infantil. Se desarrollará el modelo de salud familiar y comunitaria.
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Marriage and Family Life
- English(1) A surviving spouse is entitled to a reasonable provision out of the estate of the other spouse whether the other spouse died having made a valid will or not and whether the spouses were married by civil or customary rites.
(2) Parliament shall, as soon as practicable after the commencement of this Constitution, enact legislation regulating the property rights of spouses including common-law husband and wife. (Sec. 34)
Marriage and Family Life
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III. The social security system covers assistance for the following reasons: sickness, epidemics and catastrophic diseases; maternity or paternity; professional and work risks, and risks in farm labor; disability and special necessities; unemployment and loss of employment; being an orphan, crippled, widowed, of old age, and death; housing, family allowances and other social reasons.
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V. Women have the right to a safe maternity, with an inter-cultural practice and vision; they shall enjoy the special assistance and protection of the State during pregnancy and birth and in the prenatal and postnatal periods.
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III. El régimen de seguridad social cubre atención por enfermedad, epidemias y enfermedades catastróficas; maternidad y paternidad; riesgos profesionales, laborales y riesgos por labores de campo; discapacidad y necesidades especiales; desempleo y pérdida de empleo; orfandad, invalidez, viudez, vejez y muerte; vivienda, asignaciones familiares y otras previsiones sociales.
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V. Las mujeres tienen derecho a la maternidad segura, con una visión y práctica intercultural; gozarán de especial asistencia y protección del Estado durante el embarazo, parto y en los periodos prenatal y posnatal.
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Marriage and Family Life
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8) The State, according to its possibilities, guarantees to all, notably to the child, to the mother, to the handicapped, to the aged workers and to the elderly, the protection of health, social security, a preserved natural environment, rest and leisure;
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14) The family is the basic natural unit [cellule] of society; marriage, [the] union between two persons of different sex is the legitimate support of it. They are placed under the particular protection of the State;
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16) The support to be given to children and their education constitute for parents a natural right and a duty which they exercise under the surveillance and with the aid of the State and of the public collectivities.
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8°) L’Etat, selon ses possibilités, garantit à tous, notamment à l’enfant, à la mère, aux handicapés, aux vieux travailleurs et aux personnes âgées, la protection de la santé, la sécurité sociale, un environnement naturel préservé, le repos et les loisirs;
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14°) La famille est la cellule de base naturelle de la société, le mariage, union entre deux personnes de sexe différent, en est le support légitime. Ils sont placés sous la protection particulière de l'Etat.
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16°) Les soins à donner aux enfants et leur éducation constituent pour les parents, un droit naturel et un devoir qu’ils exercent sous la surveillance et avec l’aide de l’Etat et des collectivités publiques.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishI. Spouses or cohabitants have the duty, in equal conditions and by common effort, to attend to the maintenance and responsibility of the home, and to the education and development of the children while they are minors or have some disability.
II. The State shall protect and assist those who are responsible for the family in the exercise of their obligations. (Art. 64) - SpanishI. Los cónyuges o convivientes tienen el deber de atender, en igualdad de condiciones y mediante el esfuerzo común, el mantenimiento y responsabilidad del hogar, la educación y formación integral de las hijas e hijos mientras sean menores o tengan alguna discapacidad.
II. El Estado protegerá y asistirá a quienes sean responsables de las familias en el ejercicio de sus obligaciones. (Art. 64)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State shall protect working women by providing safe and healthful working conditions, taking into account their maternal functions, and such facilities and opportunities that will enhance their welfare and enable them to realize their full potential in the service of the nation. (Art. XIII, Sec. 14)
- FilipinoDapat pangalagaan ng Estado ang mga kababaihang nagtatrabaho sa pamamagitan ng paglalaan ng ligtas at nakapagpapalusog na mga kalagayan sa pagtatrabaho, na nagsasaalang-alang ng kanilang mga gawain bilang ina, at ng mga kaluwagan at mga pagkakataon na nagpapatingkad sa kanilang ikagagaling at ikagiginhawa upang matamo ang kanilang ganap na potensyal sa paglilingkod sa bansa. (Art. XIII, Seksyon 14)
Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishFamilies, mothers, single parents and any child in the Republic of Serbia shall enjoy special protection in the Republic of Serbia in accordance with the law.
Mothers shall be given special support and protection before and after childbirth.
… (Art. 66) - Serbian CyrillicПородица, мајка, самохрани родитељ и дете у Републици Србији уживају посебну заштиту, у складу са законом.
Мајци се пружа посебна подршка и заштита пре и после порођаја.
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Marriage and Family Life
- EnglishThe State shall promote policies having the purpose of avoiding violence in the family environment and other destructive causes of its solidarity. (Art. 60)
- SpanishEl Estado promoverá políticas que tengan por objeto evitar la violencia en el ámbito familiar y otras causas destructoras de su solidaridad. (Art. 60)
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(4) The provisions of this Chapter7 on equality shall be qualified to the extent strictly necessary for the application of Muslim law before the Kadhis’ courts, to persons who profess the Muslim religion, in matters relating to personal status, marriage, divorce and inheritance.
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(4) Vifungu katika Sura hii kwa usawa vitatumika kwa kiwango ambacho ni lazima kabisa kutumia sharia ya Kiislamu mbele ya mahakama za Kadhi, kwa watu ambao ni waumini wa dini ya Kiisilamu, katika maswala yanayohusu hadhi ya binafsi, ndoa, talaka na urithi.
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