Portugal was the first European Union State to ratify the Istanbul Convention, and fully supported its principles. The aims and principles of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women were enshrined in Portugal’s Constitution. ISABEL ALMEIDA RODRIGUES, Secretary of State for Equality and Migration of Portugal and head of the delegation, said that Portugal realised the importance of establishing a system for defending human rights. The Committee has before it the tenth periodic report of Portugal ( CEDAW/C/PRT/10). this afternoon to conclude its consideration of the eighth periodic report of Türkiye ( CEDAW/C/TUR/8). The webcast of the Committee’s public meetings can be accessed at. Meeting summary releases can be found here. All the documents relating to the Committee’s work, including reports submitted by States parties, can be found on the session’s webpage. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women’s eighty-second session is being held from 13 June to 1 July. The delegation of Portugal consisted of the Deputy Secretary-General and Counsellor for Equality at the Ministry for the Presidency, and representatives of the Ministry of Home Affairs Ministry of Justice Ministry for Parliamentary Affairs Ministry for Science, Technology and Higher Education Ministry of Education Commission for Equality at Work and Employment and the Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations Office at Geneva. The conclusions and recommendations of the Committee would help the State party to ensure gender equality. Despite progress that Portugal had made, she said much remained to be done.
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Almeida Rodrigues reiterated Portugal's full commitment to the promotion, protection and realisation of the human rights of all women and girls, and the full implementation of the provisions of the Convention. In closing remarks, Gladys Acosta Vargas, Committee Chair, thanked the delegation for its participation in the dialogue, and encouraged the State party to implement all recommendations of the Committee. However, the unemployment rate was falling in 2022, and there had been a recovery in employment for both genders. The COVID-19 pandemic had thus hit women harder. The delegation also said that there had been a rise in the non-renewal of pregnant women’s contracts and collective dismissals during the pandemic, particularly in restaurants and retail positions. Once this study was concluded, the State would work to implement concrete legislation prohibiting femicide specifically. The delegation added that the European Institution for Gender Equality was carrying out a study of Portuguese legislation on discrimination. In addition, the national plan for combatting racism included a gender perspective. It had also extended its national support network for victims of gender-based violence. Introducing the report, Isabel Almeida Rodrigues, Secretary of State for Equality and Migration of Portugal and head of the delegation, said that the State party combatted female genital mutilation and forced marriage, and implemented a programme for preventing violence. In particular, the Expert noted that the number of pregnant women being dismissed had increased from 2014 to the present, and asked about the contributing factors to this trend.
What measures did the State party intend to adopt to implement such legislation?Īnother Expert said that the State faced many challenges in ensuring equal employment standards for women and men. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today concluded its consideration of the tenth periodic report of Portugal, with Committee Experts praising the State’s anti-discrimination laws and policies, and asking about the absence of a law prohibiting feminicide and an increase in dismissals of pregnant women.Īna Peláez Narváez, Committee Expert and Rapporteur for Portugal, said that important progress had been made in State policies in Portugal, including laws to prevent discrimination against women lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons and persons with disabilities and laws promoting equal pay for equal work.Ī Committee Expert noted that no comprehensive law on gender-based violence had been implemented, nor on feminicide specifically.