Article 24. Guarantees of Equal Rights and Opportunities for Women and Men in the Sphere of Family Relations and Parenting

Family, motherhood, fatherhood and childhood shall be under the protection of the state.

Women and men shall have equal rights and obligations in the sphere of family relations.

Equality of rights and opportunities for women and men in the sphere of family relations shall base on:

voluntariness of marriage between a woman and a man;

avoidance of forced and early marriage;

equality of personal and property rights and obligations of spouses;

resolution of intra-family conflicts by mutual agreement;

equality of rights and obligations of women and men in relation to domestic work;

equal participation in the maintenance, upbringing and education of children, ensuring the protection of the rights and interests of minors and disabled family members.

Parents shall have equal rights to receive allowances for the care of young children, family members with disabilities.

Both parents shall be entitled to paid maternity leave. The length of parental leave may be divided between parents at their discretion, and,in this respect, parents may use the leave in installments.