Summary

On State Guarantees of Equal Rights and Equal Opportunities of Men and Women. The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 8 December, 2009 No.223 – IV

This Law shall regulate the social relations in the field of ensuring of the state guarantees of equal rights and equal opportunities of men and women and shall establish the basic principles and regulations, relating to the creation of conditions for gender equality in all spheres of the state and social life.

Contents

• Article 1: The basic concepts, used in the Law
• Article 2: The legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on state guarantees of equal rights and equal opportunities of men and women
• Article 3: The basic objectives of the state policy on ensuring of equal rights and equal opportunities of men and women
• Article 4: Discrimination on the grounds of sex
• Article 5: Bodies, civil servants and organizations, carrying out activity in the scope of ensuring of equal rights and equal opportunities of men and women
• Article 6: The competence of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the scope of ensuring of equal rights and equal opportunities of men and women
• Article 7: The competence of central executive bodies in the scope of ensuring of equal rights and equal opportunities of men and women
• Article 8: The competence of local executive bodies of regions, cities of republican significance and the capital in the scope of ensuring of equal rights and equal opportunities of men and women
• Article 9: Guarantee of equal access of men and women to the state service
• Article 10: Participation of employers in ensuring of equal rights and equal opportunities of men and women in the scope of labour relations
• Article 11: Ensuring of gender equality of rights and obligations of men and women in marriage and family relations and upbringing of children
• Article 12: Guarantee of the state on ensuring of gender equality in the field of protection of health, education, culture
• Article 13: The state control and supervision over observance of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the state guarantees of equal rights and equal opportunities of men and women
• Article 14: Interaction of bodies of the state control and supervision with social organizations
• Article 15: Responsibility for violation of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the state opportunities of the men and women

Source: Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Document Source)

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