Portugal

Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:

Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :19 % ⁽¹⁾

Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 5 % ⁽²⁾

Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 1 % ⁽³⁾

Reports submitted by UN Human Rights Bodies:

Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Gender Equality Indexes:

Gender Inequality Index Rank :15 ⁽⁴⁾

Global Gender Gap Index Rank :29 ⁽⁵⁾

Portugal Search Data

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Tecnical Guidelines for Health Professionals

Portugal | 2021

Type of Measure : Health > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)

Support Offices for Victims of Domestic Violence and Harmful Traditional Practices

Portugal | 2021

Type of Measure : Coordinated and or Integrated service delivery > Integrated services delivery

Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)

Project "Healthy Practices- End Female Genital Mutilation"

Portugal | 2021

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)

Don't Cut the Future Campaign

Portugal | 2019

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)

Girls and Women, Tradition and Islam Conference

Portugal | 2019

Type of Measure : Work with public private sectors > Faith based organizations

Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)

Multidisciplinary Technical Commission

Portugal | 2019

Type of Measure : Institutional mechanisms

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls

Awareness Raising Sessions on Gender Equality, Violence against Women and Domestic Violence

Portugal | 2018

Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns

Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls, Trafficking, Other harmful practices, Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Project: Healthful Practices for the End of Female Genital Mutilation

Portugal | 2018

Type of Measure : Prevention > Community mobilization, Health > Protocols and guidelines

Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)

Penal Code Amendment 2018

Portugal | 2018

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation

Form of Violence : Child, early and forced marriage, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), Stalking

Regulations on the Organization of the National Support Network for Domestic Violence Victims

Portugal | 2018

Type of Measure : Violence against women > Regulations

Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

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⁽¹⁾ Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18–74 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014. Violence against Women: An EU-wide Survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

⁽²⁾ Proportion of ever-partnered women aged 18–74 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014. Violence against Women: An EU-wide Survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

⁽³⁾ Proportion of women aged 18–74 years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner at least once in their lifetime. Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014. Violence against Women: An EU-wide Survey. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.

⁽⁴⁾ The Gender Inequality Index is a composite measure reflecting inequality between women and men in three different dimensions: reproductive health (maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rate), empowerment (share of parliamentary seats held by women and share of population with at least some secondary education), and labour market participation (labour force participation rate). Source: United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2021/2022.

⁽⁵⁾ The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education and health criteria. Source: World Economic Forum, the Global Gender Gap Report 2022.