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Article 13 of the Constitution guarantees the principle of equality to all citizens, regardless of ancestry,

sex, race, language, place of origin, religion, political or ideological beliefs, education, economic

situation, social circumstances or sexual orientation.1 In December 2013, the Council of Ministers

approved the fifth National Plan for gender equality, citizenship and non-discrimination 2014-2017. The

National Plan aims to promote gender equality in all areas of governance, across all Ministries. In

particular, the plan aims to strengthen gender equality in the areas of education, health and the labour

market.2 The Commission to Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG) is the Government’s mechanism for

the promotion of citizenship and gender equality in Portugal.

1. Discriminatory family code

Article 1601 of the Civil Code stipulates that the minimum age of marriage is 16 years old for women

and men.3 In 2010, Portugal authorised same sex marriage (Law n. º 9/2010); the same age of marriage

also applies.4

Article 36 (3) of the Constitution specifies that spouses have equal rights in terms of parental authority

and upbringing their children.5 In case of divorce, both spouses come to an agreement that protects the

interests of the child. Otherwise, a court judgement determines who has the custody of the child.6

Since 2008 both spouses have parental responsibilities instead of parental power over their children

(Article 3.º, Law n.º 61/2008, October 31), as suggested by Recommendation n.º R (84) about Parental

Responsibilities of 28 February 1984, approved by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

Article 36 (1) of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic determines that all citizens have the right to

constitute family and marry on terms of full equality. Article 68 (1) also determines that maternity and

paternity are eminent social values.

According to the Civil Code, both sons and daughters have equal inheritance rights to property. Also,

female and male surviving spouses have equal inheritance rights to property.7

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1 Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (1976), 7th version (2005)

2 Comissão para a Cidadania e Igualdade de Género, Presidência do Conselho de Ministros, V Plano Nacional para a Igualdade

de Género, Cidadania e Não Discriminação, 2014-2017 3 Ministério Público (n.d.), Procuradoria-Geral Distrital de Lisboa, Código Civil

4 Diário da República (2010), Lei n.º 9/2010 de 31 de Maio, http://dre.pt/pdf1s/2010/05/10500/0185301853.pdf (accessed

19/06/2014) 5 Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (1976), 7th version (2005)

6 Council of Europe (2009), Council of Europe Family Database, Social Policy and Family Law: Marriage, Divorce and Parenthood,

p. 15 7 Ministério Público (n.d.), Procuradoria-Geral Distrital de Lisboa, Código Civil, articles 2133 and 2136

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The Civil Code does not discriminate against women in terms of divorce rights. Both women and men

have the same right to initiate divorce.8 In case of a divorce, both parents have the parenting role and

duty to provide child support, but in practice, most children are in their mother’s custody, in particular

children under the age of three. Also, the rights and obligations of both spouses relating to properties

and other assets remain the same after a divorce.9

2. Restricted physical integrity

Portugal was one of the first countries of the EU to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on

preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, on 5 February 2013.

The fifth National Plan for the Prevention and Fight against domestic Violence (2014-2017) aims to

strengthen coordination between all authorities involved in the fight against domestic violence, provide

a more effective protection of domestic violence victims and reinforce the training of professionals

working in this area, including those investigating domestic violence cases and those working to support

the victims.10 The plan also covers other types of gender-based violence, such as female genital

mutilation and sexual assault.

Domestic violence is defined and criminalized under article 152 of the Portuguese Penal Code (law

59/2007). Penalties for domestic violence range from one to five years of imprisonment, loss of parental

rights, and prohibition of contact with the victim.11

The last three governments prioritised domestic violence and ensured awareness-raising campaigns,

including within law enforcement agencies. The Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG)

regularly runs awareness-raising campaigns against domestic violence.12 88% of Portuguese regarded

domestic violence as unacceptable in 2010, up from 46% in 1999.13

According to the 2010 Eurobarometer, 72% of people consider sexual violence to be “very serious”, as

opposed to 79% in 1999.14

Portugal has a free green phone line for victims of domestic violence and also provides a free service

called “Serviço de Teleassistência a Vítimas de Violência Doméstica” which operates all year long and 24

hours a day in situations of emergency following a case of domestic violence. This service was created

and coordinated by the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality, in collaboration with other

public and private organisations, including the Portuguese Red Cross. Its main objectives include: to

guarantee an immediate intervention in situations of emergency; to increase the confidence and sense

of protection of the victims, as well as their quality of life; to minimise vulnerability situations of the

8 Ministério Público (n.d.), Procuradoria-Geral Distrital de Lisboa, Código Civil

9 CEDAW (2006) Consideration of Reports Submitted by States Parties Under Article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of

All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Sixt Periodic Report of States Parties: Portugal. 10

Comissão para a Cidadania e a Igualdade de Género (CIG), «Planos Nacionais 2014/2017» – já disponíveis em versão bilingue (português /inglês), http://www.cig.gov.pt/2014/05/planos-nacionais-20142017-ja-disponiveis-em-versao-bilingue-portuguesingles/ [accessed 25/06/2014] 11

Article 152, Portuguese Penal Code (law 59/2007) http://www.gaf.pt/intervencao/prevencaoeintervencaonaviolenciadomestica/informacoes/enquadramentolegal.php 12

Comissão para a Cidadania e Igualdade de Género, Presidência do Conselho de Ministros, Campanhas 13

European Commission (2010), Eurobarometer: Domestic Violence against Women Report, p. 48 14

European Commission (2010), p. 51

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victims by contributing to increasing their autonomy and reinsertion in society; and mobilise adequate

police resources.15

The government supports victims file complaints with the appropriate authorities and protecting the

victim against the abuser; also, the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality operated 37 safe

houses for victims of domestic violence (which included food, shelter, health and legal assistance) and

maintained a 24hours telephone service.16 There was also an awareness campaign against domestic

violence sponsored by the government which trained health professionals, proposed legislation to

improve legal assistance to victims, and signed protocols with local authorities to assist victims.17

According to Violence against women: an EU-wide survey (2014), in Portugal 19% of women have been

victims of domestic violence and almost every woman surveyed (93%) thinks that violence against

women is either very common or fairly common in her country.18 In 2013 the Portuguese Association for

Victim Support (APAV, 2013) received reports of 17 384 cases of domestic violence19. In 82.8% of cases

victims were female. In the same year, the police authorities (PSP and GNR) received reports of 27 318

cases of domestic violence (more 640 than in 2012). In 81% of cases victims were female. There were 40

cases of attempted or actual domestic homicide registered 20.

Article 164 of the Criminal Code defines rape as a criminal act by the use of force or threats or by using

authority over a dependent. In the case of adult victims of rape, investigation and prosecution depend

on the victims’ complaints. Portugal does not provide specialised services on sexual violence against

women such as rape crisis centres or a specific helpline.21

Marital rape was given more visibility with the introduction of the crime of domestic violence via article

152 of the Penal Code and the reformulation of the legislative framework for domestic violence (Law

1012/2009 of 16 September). It means that a case classified as domestic violence, but that includes

sexual violence, is a public crime.22

In 2013 Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV, 2014) received reports of 84 cases of rape

against adults and children. The Annual Report of Internal Security indicates that in 2013, 344 cases of

rape were reported to police authorities. In almost 50% of the cases (164) victims knew the rapists.23

Between 2014 and 2016 the Women´s Association against Violence (AMCV) is leading a pioneer project

entitled “New Challenges in Fighting Sexual Violence” that aims, among other goals, to harmonize

intervention procedures in cases of rape.24

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Comissão para a Cidadania e Igualdade de Género, Presidência do Conselho de Ministros, Teleassistência a Vítimas de Violência Doméstica 16

CIG (2013), IV Plano Nacional Contra a Violência Doméstica (2011-2013). 17

US Department of State (2013). 18

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (2014) p. 95 http://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra-2014-vaw-survey-main-results-apr14_en.pdf 19

APAV (2013), p. 8 http://apav.pt/apav_v2/images/pdf/Estatisticas_APAV_Relatorio_Anual_2013.pdf 20

APAV (2013), p. 12 http://apav.pt/apav_v2/images/pdf/Estatisticas_APAV_Relatorio_Anual_2013.pdf 21

European Women’s Lobby (2013), pp.60-61. 22

European Women’s Lobby (2013), Barometer on Rape – Report: Portugal (pp.60-61) 23

Sistema de Segurança Interna (2013), Relatório Anual de Segurança Interna, http://www.portugal.gov.pt/media/1391220/RASI%202013.pdf [accessed 01/07/2014] 24

AMCV (n.d.) http://www.amcv.org.pt/pt/amcv-mulheres/projectos/actual/novos-desafios [accessed 01/07/2014]

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Article 29 of the Labour Code prohibits sexual harassment.25 Harassment and sexual harassment are

prohibited by law in the same way as Directive 2006/54/EC, covering the areas of employment, access

to employment, vocational training and promotion. 26

Portuguese national legislation conceptualises sexual harassment as discrimination and not explicitly as

sex discrimination. In the workplace, there is harassment in general, harassment based on a

discriminatory factor (including sex but also age, race, disability, place of birth, religious or political

convictions, etc.) and sexual harassment. As for the civil servant legislation, the definition only includes

two forms of harassment: harassment based on a discriminatory factor and sexual harassment. 27

In terms of preventive measures, the employer has a duty to ensure good working conditions for its

employees, both from a physical and from a moral point of view, as provided by article 59 No. 1 b) of the

Portuguese Constitution and article 127 No. 1 (c) of the Labour Code. This means that the employer has

to prevent violent behaviour in order to ensure a peaceful working environment.28

If there is a case of sexual harassment in the workplace, the victim can present a claim to the employer;

start a complaints procedure to the Labour Inspection Services, which depend from the Employment

Minister; start an advisory procedure to the Commission for Equality in Labour and Employment

(Comissão para a Igualdade no Trabalho e no Emprego)29 ; or start a judicial procedure to obtain

compensation. Sanctions for the employer can be in the form of payment for damage compensation, or

a fine imposed by the Labour Inspection Services.30

However, sexual harassment is not a crime typified in the Portuguese Penal Code. Article 163, however,

determines the crime of sexual coercion, which includes sexual harassment practices. Labour Code

(Article 29; Criminal Code; Law 19/2013 of 20 February, Article 170) defines Sexual Harassment as any

kind of unwanted behaviour occurring in the context of an application for a job or in the context of

actual employment, occupation or professional training, which has the purpose or the effect of effecting

a person’s dignity, or of creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive

environment; any unwanted verbal, non-verbal, or physical behaviour of sexual nature, with the

purpose or the effect described in the previous section; who troubles another by acting before them in

an exhibitionist way or coercing them to sexual contact.

The Union of Women and Alternative Response (UMAR), one of the most important and influent

women's association in the country, is leading a pioneer project (2011-2014) entitled “Sexual

Harrassment: Break Invisibility”, sponsored by The Commission to Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG),

that aims, among other goals, to criminalize sexual harassment. The project focuses on sexual

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Comissão para a igualdade no trabalho e no emprego, Código do Trabalho, article 29, approved by Law No. 7/2009 of 12 February 2009 26

European Union (2012), Harassment related to Sex and Sexual Harassment Law in 33 European Countries, European Network of Legal Experts in the Field of Gender Equality, Discrimination versus Dignity, European Commission – DG Justice 27

European Union (2012), Harassment related to Sex and Sexual Harassment Law in 33 European Countries, European Network of Legal Experts in the Field of Gender Equality, Discrimination versus Dignity, European Commission – DG Justice 28

European Union (2012), Harassment related to Sex and Sexual Harassment Law in 33 European Countries, European Network of Legal Experts in the Field of Gender Equality, Discrimination versus Dignity, European Commission – DG Justice 29

http://www.cite.gov.pt/en/about_us.html 30

European Union (2012).

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harassment in public places and at work.31In 2012, the Association for Victim Support (APAV) received

reports of 86 cases of sexual harassment.32

The prevalence rates of sexual harassment range from to 24 % to 32% in Portugal, when looking at

victims’ experiences since the age of 15 and referring to the full set of 11 items. Based on the short set

of sexual harassment items, the prevalence ranges from 19% to 25%.33

In 2007, article 144 of the Criminal Code included a new disposition that relates to female genital

mutilation by considering criminal offence the abuse of the body or health of another person hindering

the person’s ability to sexual fulfilment. Punishment may vary between 2 to 10 years.34 Portugal

adopted a third Action Plan for the Prevention and Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation (2014-

2017), which forms part of the fifth National Plan for the Prevention and Fight against Domestic and

Gender Violence (2014-2017).35 The Law 27/2008 of 30 June 2008 establishes the conditions and

procedures for granting asylum and subsidiary protection and the statuses of asylum applicant, refugee

and of subsidiary protection. Victims of FGM/C are covered by article 5º, a) f) of this Law.36

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The Union of Women and Alternative Response (UMAR) created in 2004 a workgroup called

Observatório das Mulheres Assassinadas (OMA) which examines each year the cases of femicide in the

country. According to OMA in 2013 were 37 femicides in Portugal37. The rate of femicide in 2013 by

perpetrators associated or members of the family identified by the Observatory of Murdered Women of

UMAR was 21 murder crimes. The overall rate of femicide was 33, which is lower than in the preceding

years.38

Portugal also adopted a third National Plan for the Prevention and Fight against Human Trafficking

(2014-2017), which aims to reinforce the protection mechanisms of victims, improve cooperation

between public authorities and civil society organisations, and adapt the national response to new

challenges such as new forms of trafficking. The plan is integrated in the fifth National Plan for the

Prevention and Fight against Domestic and Gender Violence.39

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UMAR (n.d.), Assédio Sexual, http://assediosexual.umarfeminismos.org/ [accessed 01/07/2014] 32

US Department of State (2013),. 33

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, 2014 34

EIGE (n.d.), Portuguese Penal Code (04/09/2007), Articles 144 (Offence against the Physical Integroty) and 145 (Qualified offence to physical integrity), Law n.º 59/2007 35

Comissão para a Cidadania e Igualdade de Género, Presidência do Conselho de Ministros, V Plano Nacional de Prevenção e Combate à Violência Doméstica e de Género, 2014-2017 36

EIGE (n.d.), Portuguese Penal Code http://eige.europa.eu/content/portuguese-penal-code-04092007-articles-144-offence-against-the-physical-integrity-and-145-q [accessed 01/07/2014] 37

OMA (2014), p. 8 38

União de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta (UMAR) (20103), OMA (Observatório de Mulheres Assassinadas, http://www.umarfeminismos.org/images/stories/oma/2013/OMA%202013%20Jan%20a%20Nov%201.pdf [accessed 18/06/2014] 39

Comissão para a Cidadania e Igualdade de Género, Presidência do Conselho de Ministros, V Plano Nacional para a Igualdade de Género, Cidadania e Não Discriminação, 2014-2017

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Since 2007, abortion is legal in Portugal, as specified in the 16/2007 law and article 142 of the Penal

Code. A woman can interrupt her pregnancy up to the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.40

3. Son bias

No evidence was found to suggest that son bias is relevant in Portugal.

For 2013, the male/female sex ratio for the total population in Portugal was 0.95 while the sex ratio at

birth was 1.07.41

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Gross enrolment ratios at both the primary and secondary levels are approximately equal. According to

a 2014 report by UNICEF, gross primary school enrolment ratios (females as a % of males) were 97% at

the primary level and 102% at the secondary level.42

4. Restricted access to resources and assets

No information was found on discriminatory practices for women’s access to and ownership of land.

Article 93 of the Constitution sets out Portugal’s agricultural policy objectives: objective (b) aims to

improve the economic, social and cultural situation of rural and agricultural workers and the access by

those that work the land to ownership or possession of the land – but there is no gender distinction in

the phrasing.43

Article 1678 of the Civil Code guarantees equal rights for both married women and men in terms of

ownership rights to property.44 Both unmarried women and men also have equal ownership rights to

property, according to articles 13 and 62 of the Constitution.45

There do not appear to be any discrimination against women’s access to financial services. In Portugal

in 2011, 85.14% of men and 77.8% of women aged 15 years or older hold bank accounts at a formal

financial institution.46

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The government has strengthened female entrepreneurship in the framework of the Human Potential

Thematic Operational Programme of the National Strategic Reference Framework 2007-2013. The

National Programme for Microcredit also provides support for women’s entrepreneurship through

facilitating access to credit.47

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Diário da República, 1a serie, num. 75, 17 de Abril de 2007, http://www.dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2007/04/07500/24172418.PDF 41

CIA (2013) 42

UNICEF (2014), p.73 43

Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (1976), 7th version (2005) 44

Ministério Público (n.d.), Procuradoria-Geral Distrital de Lisboa, Código Civil 45

Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (1976), 7th version (2005) 46

World Bank (2011) 47

European Parliament (2013), p. 7.

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5. Restricted civil liberties

No evidence was found of discriminatory practices in access to public space for women compared to

men. Women have the same rights as men to apply for a passport, travel outside her home or her

country48, and confer citizenship to her children.49

Article 46 of the Constitution guarantees that citizens are entitled to form associations, as long as they

do not promote violence and/or their objective is not contrary to the criminal law.50 Since 2004, the

NGO Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights (Plataforma Portuguesa para os Direitos das Mulheres” in

Portuguese) works for the promotion of equality of opportunities between women and men as well as

women’s rights through collective action. Actions include research, lobbying, dissemination,

communication, awareness-raising and training. The Plataforma’s objective is to contribute to the

capabilities and mobilisation of the Portuguese NGOs and to strengthen cooperation between these

NGOs and others at European and International level.51 The União de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta

(UMAR) is another women’s association created in 1976 to fight for women’s rights.52 There is also

‘Graal’, which is an international movement of women and it became an association in 1977, working for

women in particular, and for the improvement of the feminine condition.53

There are legislated quotas for women at the national and sub-national level. As of 2011, women

represented 29% in the House of Representatives (legislated candidate quotas).54

In 2009, the Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights conducted a campaign for 50/50 parity of women

and men in politics.55 The law reserves to each gender a minimum of one-third of the places on electoral

lists in national, local, and European parliamentary elections.56 Since 2006, Portugal has a quota system

for the least-represented sex in parliamentary elections lists, which requires every third candidate on

the list to be the least-represented sex. It is outlined in the parity law, the ‘Lei Orgânica no. 3/2006’ of

the 21st of August.57 However, the final distribution of seats still favours the most represented sex as

each time a candidate withdraws or moves to another political function, the next person on the list

takes place (which would be male).58 In addition, candidate lists for the elections to local governments

must be composed in a way such as to promote a minimum representation of 33% of each sex (Articles

1 and 2 (1)). Exempted from the regulations are towns with less than 750 votes, and municipalities with

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Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (1976), article 44 49

Portuguese Nationality Act (2006), Article 1(1) 50

Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (1976). 51

European Women’s Lobby (2010). 52

UMAR website, http://www.umarfeminismos.org/index.php [accessed 18/06/2014] 53

Graal website, http://www.graal.org.pt/index.php [accessed 18/06/2014] 54

Quota Project (2011), Portugal 55

Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Gunda Werner Institute, Feminism and Gender Democracy (n.d.), Gender- political situation in Portugal, NGOs: political parties, civil society organisations 56

US State Department (2012), Portugal 2012 Human Rights Report, http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/204538.pdf [accessed 01/07/2014] 57

Assembleia da República, Lei Orgânica no. 3/2006, http://dre.pt/pdf1sdip/2006/08/16000/58965897.pdf [accessed 18/06/2014] 58

European Women’s Lobby (2013), Women’s Watch 2012-2013,

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less than 7500 voters (Article 2 [4]).59 The number of women ministers in Portugal decreased from 31%

in 2011 to 18% in 2012. 60

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Overall, Portuguese media continue to represent women as mothers and wives. The government

introduced some policies to promote less discriminatory representations of gender in the media, but

these policies remain sporadic and rely on voluntary participation by media professionals. Despite some

efforts, there is no systematic and pro-active engagement with the media’s central role in the

reproduction of gender stereotypes.61 Gender stereotypes remain constant in the media and

advertising.62 The Union of Women and Alternative Response (UMAR) created a workgroup called

Observatório das Representações de Género nos Media which monitors, each year, the contents

produced by the Portuguese media and analyses discriminatory discourses and practices.

According to the Constitution there are no discriminations against women as to the type of profession

they choose.63 Articles 30 and 31 of the Labour Code specify that there should be no discrimination

based on grounds of sex in terms of accessing employment, type of activity or pay.64

Maternity and paternity leave have been replaced by parental leave in Portugal. The child’s birth

entitles parents to parental leave of 120 or 150 consecutive days, which can be shared by the parents

after the birth. If it is shared, the parental leave can be extended by another 30-day period reaching a

total length of 180 days. Allowances are paid by the State through the Social Security system. All leave

counts as pensionable service.

The amount of the initial parental leave benefit depends on the option that was chosen concerning its

length and on whether the leave is shared between parents. If the leave is not shared between the

parents, the leave can be 120 days at 100% of earnings or 150 days at 80% of earnings. If the leave is

shared (i.e. the father takes at least 30 consecutive days or two periods of 15 consecutive days of leave

alone, without the mother, or vice versa), the leave can be 150 days at 100% of earnings or 180 days at

83% of earnings. There is a payment, at a 25% rate, of the “additional parental leave” of 6 months

(individual entitlement of 3 months for each parent). Provisions include the fathers’ right to reduced

working hours during the first year of the child for lactation, by joint decision with the non-

breastfeeding mother, and to three one-day leaves from work to accompany the pregnant mother to

prenatal medical appointments. A part of the leave (up to 72 days) can be used exclusively by the

mother. A mandatory leave of 42 days (or 6 weeks) is to be taken immediately after childbirth, while a

voluntary leave of up 30 days can be taken before delivery.

Other policy developments include the extension of mandatory paternity leave to ten (it used to be 5)

consecutive or non-consecutive working days, to be taken within 30 days from birth (5 consecutive days

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The Quota Project (2014). 60

European Women’s Lobby (2013), Women’s Watch 2012-2013 61

European Parliament (2013), p. 12 62

Portuguese Platform for Women's Rights (2008), p. 9 63

Constitution of the Portuguese Republic (1976), Article 47 64

Comissão para a igualdade no trabalho e no emprego, Código do Trabalho, articles 30-31, approved by Law No. 7/2009 of 12 February 2009

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must be taken immediately after birth). This is paid at a 100% rate of the salary. An additional optional

paternity leave was shortened to 10 (it used to be 15) consecutive or non-consecutive working days paid

at 100% of the salary.

There have been increasing take-up rates of leave during the 2000s, especially by fathers.65 Mothers still

take up more leave and for longer. In 2009, 53,278 fathers took-up their paternity leave (that is, 62.6%

of the number of mothers who took-up leave), but in 2011 this rose to 61,604 (70.9% of the mothers). In

2012, this number diminished to 56,289, but the proportion increased (73.7% of the mothers). In 2012,

16,848 fathers stayed at home for 30 or more consecutive days, on their own, during the five or six

months of total ‘initial parental leave’.66

All employees with a record of six months (continuous or intermittent; the latter is only possible if the

period without contributions is below six months) of insurance contributions are eligible. Mothers and

fathers who have no record of contributions or insufficient contributions are entitled to a monthly

benefit (‘social parental benefit’), but only if their family income is below 80% of the Index of Social

Support. Self-employed or beneficiaries of the voluntary social insurance and unemployed women/men

receiving unemployment benefit are also entitled to these leaves, with the exception of the child care

allowance and the grandson or the granddaughter care allowance.67

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Moss, Peter (ed.) (2013). 66

Moss, Peter (ed.) (2013), p. 37. 67

Moss, Peter (ed.) (2013).

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