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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe State recognizes the sanctity of family life and shall protect and strengthen the family as a basic autonomous social institution. It shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception. The natural and primary right and duty of parents in the rearing of the youth for civic efficiency and the development of moral character shall receive the support of the Government. (Art. II, Sec. 12)
- FilipinoKinikilala ng Estado ang kabanalan ng buhay pampamilya at dapat pangalagaan at patatagin ang pamilya bilang isang saligang institusyon ng lipunan. Dapat nitong pangalagaan kapwa ang buhay ng ina at ang buhay ng sanggol sa sinapupunan mula sa paglilihi. Ang likas at pangunahing karapatan at tungkulin ng mga magulang sa pagmumulat ng kabataan para sa kahusayang sibiko at pagpapaunlad ng karakter na moral ay dapat tumanggap ng tangkilik ng Pamahalaan. (Art. II, Seksyon 12)
Public Institutions and Services
- English... Equality of the rights of women and men shall be ensured by providing women with opportunities equal to those of men in public, political and cultural activities, in obtaining education and in professional training, in work and remuneration for it; by taking special measures for the protection of work and health of women; by establishing pension privileges; by creating conditions that make it possible for women to combine work and motherhood; by adopting legal protection, material and moral support of motherhood and childhood, including the provision of paid leave and other privileges to pregnant women and mothers. (Art. 24)
- Ukrainian... Рівність прав жінки і чоловіка забезпечується: … і здоров'я жінок, встановленням пенсійних пільг; створенням умов, які дають жінкам можливість поєднувати працю з материнством; правовим захистом, матеріальною і моральною підтримкою материнства і дитинства, включаючи надання оплачуваних відпусток та інших пільг вагітним жінкам і матерям. (Стаття 24)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishThe law establishes the rules concerning:
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– the right … of social institutions;
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– the economic regime;
… (Art. 84) - FrenchLa loi fixe les règles concernant :
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- le droit ... des institutions sociales ;
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- le régime économique ;
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Public Institutions and Services
- English
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)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishAny person who, immediately before the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution, was in receipt of any pension or other retirement benefit out of the public Funds, including the Widows' and Orphans' Pension Fund of the Colony of Cyprus shall on and after the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution, continue to be paid such pension or other retirement benefit out of the public Funds of the Republic under the same terms and conditions as were applicable to such pensions or other retirement benefits immediately before the date of the coming into operation of this Constitution or under terms and conditions made thereafter not less favourable to that person and applicable to his case. (Art. 193)
- GreekΠας όστις αμέσως προ της ημερομηνίας της ενάρξεως της ισχύος του Συντάγματος ελάμβανεν εκ του δημοσίου ταμείου της αποικίας της Κύπρου περιλαμβανομένου του ταμείου συντάξεων χηρών και ορφανών οιανδήποτε σύνταξιν ή έτερον επίδομα λόγω αποχωρήσεως εκ της υπηρεσίας θα εξακολουθή από της ημερομηνίας της ισχύος του Συντάγματος λαμβάνων την σύνταξιν ή το επίδομα λόγω αποχωρήσεως εκ της υπηρεσίας εκ του δημοσίου ταμείου της Δημοκρατίας, υπό τας προϋποθέσεις και τους όρους τους ισχύοντας περί των συντάξεων ή των ετέρων ειρημένων επιδομάτων αμέσως προ της ημερομηνίας ενάρξεως της ισχύος του Συντάγματος ή υπό προϋποθέσεις και όρους θεσπιζομένους μεταγενεστέρως, ουχί όμως ολιγώτερον ευμενείς δια τον δικαιούχον και εφαρμοζομένους εις την περίπτωσιν αυτού. (Αρθρον 193)
- TurkishBu Anayasanın yürürlüğe girdiği tarihten hemen önce, Kıbrıs Kolonisi Dul ve Yetim Maaşları Fonu da dâhil olmak üzere kamu Fonlarından herhangi bir emeklilik maaşı alan veya emeklilikten dolayı diğer bir hakka sahip olan herhangi bir şahsa, bu Anayasanın yürürlüğe girdiği tarihte ve sonra Cumhuriyetin kamu Fonlarından, söz konusu emeklilik maaşı veya emeklilikten dolayı sahip olduğu diğer hakları, söz konusu emeklilik maaşına veya emeklilik dolayısıyla sahip olduğu diğer haklara bu Anayasanın yürürlüğe girdiği tarihten hemen önce uygulanan aynı kayıt ve şartlar altında veya bu tarihten sonra konulan ve kendi durumuna uygulanabilecek ve daha az lehinde olmayacak olan kayıt ve şartlara göre verilmeye devam olunur. (Madde 193)
Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishEducation, health and social services shall be the basic pillars for building society, and the state shall work on achieving balanced development among all regions of the Syrian Arab Republic. (Art. 25)
- Arabicالتّعليم والصّحة والخدمات الإجتماعية أركان أساسية لبناء المجتمع، وتعمل الدولة على تحقيق التنمية المتوازنة بين جميع مناطق الجمهورية العربية السورية. (المادّة 25)
Public Institutions and Services
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of section 132 of this Constitution, the law applicable to the grant and payment to any officer, or to his widow, children, dependants or personal representatives, of any pension, gratuity or other like allowance (in this section and in sections 131 and 132 of this Constitution referred to as an "award") in respect of the service of that officer in a public office shall be that in force on the relevant day or any later law not less favourable to the person concerned.
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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)
Public Institutions and Services
- 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;
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Public Institutions and Services
- EnglishTurkmenistan is a state ensuring social security of each person. (Art. 5)
- RussianТуркменистан является государством, гарантирующим социальную защищённость каждого человека. (Статья 5)
- TurkmenTürkmenistan her bir adamyň durmuş taýdan goraglylygyny kepillendirýän döwletdir. (5-nji madda)