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Progress of gender equality in Portugal
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Gender statistics on Portugal
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Translations of EIGE's work in Portuguese
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- ResourceEducation, Employment
The Training Reference is a work instrument that provides consultants and auditors with new competencies in gender equality, in a way that integrates the gender equality perspective through its activi...
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This handbook was designed in the framework of the EQUAL Project “Revaluing Work to Promote Equality“, carried out by a partnership comprising various entities....
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This publication aims to support the educational practices developed by childhood educators concerning the work on gender and citizenship with children....
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Targeted professionals: Health professionals; Social workers; Teachers; Police officers and public functionaries (in general) Professional Secrecy Provisions Conditions for disclosing information...
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Article 5º - Persecution acts a) Acts of physical or mental violence, including of sexual nature; f) Acts performed specifically for reasons of gender or against minors. Asylum Provisions...
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The Public attorneys office represents children and young people in danger : "proposing actions requiring civil and tutelary procedures by using any legal means necessary to promote and defend th...
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The Criminal Code, entered into force the 15th of September 2007 (Law n.º 59/2007) includes a disposition that relates to the matter of female genital mutilation by considering criminal offence the ab...
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Criminal Law Applicability of the principle of extraterritoriality...
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2 new governmental organisms are part of this II PoA - General Directorate of Internal Administration/Ministry of Internal Administration (DGAI/MAI) and Ministry of Justice (MJ / Directorate General f...
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The Programme of Action was included in the III National Plan for Equality - Citizenship and Gender (2007-2010) approved by the Resolution of the Council of Ministers n? 82/2007, 6 June, 2007...
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Female Genital Mutilation is mentioned explicitly, under “Area 4 – Gender-Based Violence”, and implicitly, under “Area 5”, where goals and measures of action for the Development Cooperation are presen...
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FGM is on Measure 86 - "Preventing domestic violence and gender violence among immigrant men and women - Contributing to the prevention of all forms of gender violence, including domestic violen...