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Progress of gender equality in Portugal
Portugal scores 62.2 out of 100 points in EIGE's Gender Equality Index 2021. Find out why and explore all the scores on our website.
Gender statistics on Portugal
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Translations of EIGE's work in Portuguese
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- ResourceEmployment
This report publishes the results of projects carried out in different countries (Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Poland and Portugal) under the EQUAL - Community Initiative Programme, in particular the T...
- ResourceEmployment
This resource results from the cooperation between CITE (The Commission for Equality in Labour and Employment) and ACT (The Authority for Working Conditions) with regard to the monitoring of equality ...
- ResourceEmployment
This resolution enacted in 2008 establishes the strategic orientations to be followed by all the state-owned companies....
- ResourceEmployment
The article focuses the patterns of women’s employment, including working time flexibility and the high incidence of temporary work in Portugal, discussing the implications for women in terms of the o...
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Country profile of Portugal - Gender Equality Index 2015
- Country profile: Gender Mainstreaming
Portugal’s 1976 Constitution enshrines the principle of equality in Articles 13 and 21(1), with the 1997 revision giving a new political legitimacy to gender equality issues, highlighting the social r...
- ResourceResearch
The Council of Ministers’ Resolution nº n.º 39/2010 was adopted the 25th May 2010 defining the status of the Local Gender Equality Advisers, giving them political support in order to be able to fully ...
- ResourceHealth, Violence
A circular guideline, addressed to all the Commissions for the Protection of Children and Youth at Risk, containing technical guidelines on how officers should act to prevent FGM in situations in whic...
- ResourceHealth, Violence
The Procedures Guide for Criminal Police Staff was written under the framework of the second Programme of Action for the Elimination of FGM and based on the London Child Protection Procedures....
- ResourceHealth, Violence
The guideline about FGM for health professionals (DGS Guideline no....
- ResourceHealth, Violence
The programme of action aims at strengthening intervention measures that prove to be crucial for the challenge of eradicating FGM....
- ResourceHealth, Violence
The methodology encompasses a quantitative and a qualitative component for estimating FGM prevalence and risk....