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.
