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Affirmative Action (Broadly)

Albania
  • English

    1. The Assembly consists of 140 deputies, elected according to a system of proportional elections with regional competition and national threshold.
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    3. ... 
    The law on elections shall guarantee that no less than two-thirds of the multi-name list will be subject to preferential voting and that gender representation is guaranteed. (Art. 64)

  • Albanian

    1. Kuvendi përbëhet nga 140 deputetë, të zgjedhur sipas një sistemi zgjedhjesh proporcional me konkurrim rajonal dhe prag kombëtar.
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    3. ...
    Ligji për zgjedhjet garanton që votimit parapëlqyes t’i nënshtrohen jo më pak se dy të tretat e listës shumemërore dhe të sigurojë përfaqësim gjinor. (Neni 64)

Affirmative Action (Broadly)

Algeria
  • English

    The State works for the promotion of the political rights of women by encouraging their opportunities of access to representation in the elected assemblies.
    The conditions of application of this provision are established by an organic law. (Art. 59)

  • Arabic

    تعمل الدولة على ترقية الحقوق السياسية للمرأة بتوسيع حظوظ تمثيلها في المجالس المنتخبة
    يحدد قانون عضوي شروط تطبيق هذا الحكم (المادة 59)

  • French

    L'Etat œuvre à la promotion des droits politiques de la femme en encourageant ses chances d'accès à la représentation dans les assemblées élues.
    Les conditions d'application de cette disposition sont fixées par une loi organique. (Art. 59)

Affirmative Action (Broadly)

Algeria
  • English

    The State works to promote parity between men and women in the market of employment.
    The State encourages the promotion of women to responsibilities in the public institutions and administrations as well as at the level of enterprises. (Art. 68)

  • Arabic

    تعمل الدولة على ترقية التناصف بين الرجال والنساء في سوق التشغيل.
    تشجع الدولة ترقية المرأة في مناصب المسؤولية في الهيئات والإدارات العمومية وعلى مستوى المؤسسات. (المــادة 68)

  • French

    L'Etat œuvre à promouvoir la parité entre les hommes et les femmes sur le marché de l'emploi.
    L'Etat encourage la promotion de la femme aux responsabilités dans les institutions et administrations publiques ainsi qu'au niveau des entreprises. (Art. 68)

Affirmative Action (Broadly)

Andorra
  • English
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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
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    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)

Affirmative Action (Broadly)

Angola
  • English
    The fundamental tasks of the Angolan state shall be:
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    k) To promote equality between men and women;
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  • Portuguese
    Constituem tarefas fundamentais do Estado angolano:
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    k) Promover a igualdade entre o homem e a mulher;
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Affirmative Action (Broadly)

Antigua and Barbuda
  • English
    1. Subject to the provisions of subsections (4), (5) and (7) of this section, no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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    3. In this section, the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by race, place of origin, political opinions or affiliations, colour, creed, or sex whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another such description are not made subject or are accorded privileges or advantages that are not accorded to persons of another such description.
    4. Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to any law so far as the law makes provision-
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    c. whereby persons of any such description as is mentioned in subsection (3) of this section may be subjected to any disability or restriction or may be accorded any privilege or advantage that, having regard to its nature and to special circumstances pertaining to those persons or to persons of any other such description, is reasonably justifiable in a democratic society.
    … (Sec. 14)

Affirmative Action (Broadly)

Argentina
  • English
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    Actual equality of opportunities for men and women to elective and political party positions shall be guaranteed by means of positive actions in the regulation of political parties and in the electoral system. (Sec. 37)
  • Spanish
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    La igualdad real de oportunidades entre varones y mujeres para el acceso a cargos electivos y partidarios se garantizará por acciones positivas en la regulación de los partidos políticos y en el régimen electoral. (Art. 37)

Affirmative Action (Broadly)

Argentina
  • English
    Congress is empowered:
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    23.- To legislate and promote positive measures guaranteeing true equal opportunities and treatment, the full benefit and exercise of the rights recognized by this Constitution and by the international treaties on human rights in force, particularly referring to children, women, the aged, and disabled persons.
    … (Sec. 75)
  • Spanish
    Corresponde al Congreso:
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    23. Legislar y promover medidas de acción positiva que garanticen la igualdad real de oportunidades y de trato, y el pleno goce y ejercicio de los derechos reconocidos por esta Constitución y por los tratados internacionales vigentes sobre derechos humanos, en particular respecto de los niños, las mujeres, los ancianos y las personas con discapacidad.
    … (Art. 75)

Affirmative Action (Broadly)

Argentina
  • English
    Positive actions referred to in the last paragraph of Section 37 shall not comprise less guarantees than those in force at the time this Constitution was approved, and their duration shall be determined by law. (Referring to Section 37) (Second Temporary Provision)
  • Spanish
    Las acciones positivas a que alude el art. 37 en su último párrafo no podrán ser inferiores a las vigentes al tiempo de sancionarse esta Constitución y durarán lo que la ley determine (corresponde al art. 37). (Disposición transitoria segunda)

Affirmative Action (Broadly)

Armenia
  • English
    The main objectives of state policy in the economic, social, and cultural spheres shall be:
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    4) To promote factual equality between women and men;
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  • Armenian
    Տնտեսական, սոցիալական և մշակութային ոլորտներում պետության քաղաքականության հիմնական նպատակներն են`
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    4) կանանց և տղամարդկանց միջև փաստացի հավասարության խթանումը.
    … (Հոդված 86)