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Gender statistics on Portugal
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Translations of EIGE's work in Portuguese
We offer several resources in Portuguese. Find them all in our archives.
Year of Presidency of the Council of the European Union
Portugal last held the Presidency in 2021.
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This article looks at the role played by the Southern European welfare states in fostering (or discouraging) women’s participation in the labour market, mainly during the period after their accession ...
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This paper explores the employment figures for older women, aged 55-64 in the EU15....
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This resource aims to support companies and organisations in general, from all sectors of activity and dimensions, in carrying out a diagnosis - a gender audit or a self-assessment process in terms of...
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By adopting this resolution enacted in 2012, the government made the adoption of gender equality plans clearly mandatory for all the state-owned companies, after the required diagnosis/gender audit, ...
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The current labour law governing labour relations in Portugal, comprising legal rights in terms of contracts, working time, equal treatment for men and women, equal opportunities for men and women; no...
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Relying on data from the 5th Survey on Working Conditions 2010 (EUROFOUND), this article aims to identify the new forms of work organization being implemented in Portugal and in the EU in general....
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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...
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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 ...
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This resolution enacted in 2008 establishes the strategic orientations to be followed by all the state-owned companies....
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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...