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On April 22nd and 23rd, 2024, the 12th Meeting of the Cooperation Committee of the "Work-life Balance" Programme took place in Oslo, Norway.

This event represents the culmination of 18 months of research on the impact of parenthood on income, career trajectory, and well-being of both women and men.

Throughout February and March, free online training sessions will be conducted, aimed at raising awareness and equipping members of the municipal executive and municipal technicians with the importance of the gender perspective in critical areas of local life.

On 14 November 2023, the Commission for Equality in Labour and Employment (CITE) held the final conference of the Equality Platform and Standard project in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference marked National Equal Pay Day in Portugal.

This innovative, dynamic, and flexible tool provides objective (quantitative and qualitative data), centralised and up-to-date information on public policy measures for equality between women and men at work and their implementation, and will make it possible to monitor the results of public policy measures, thus supporting decision-making in this area.

On September 28th, at the José Sarmento Auditorium of the Bomfim Conservatory in Braga, the Final Seminar of the "Cávado + Equal" Project took place, with the aim of presenting the main results and final products of this project to the community and the region.

The MERIT project's Intermediate Seminar occurred online on 20th September. The aim was to present methods and initial outcomes of four ongoing studies

On September 20, the Commission for Equality in Work and Employment (CITE) will hold a session that marks its 44 years of activity and in which it will make the public presentation of the Digital Platform Equal@Work, product of the Equality Platform and Standard project.

The event, centered around the exploration of the Flax and Wool Cycles, brought together artisans, farmers, and enthusiasts to discuss and share knowledge about these traditions.

On June 23rd 2023, after nine months of research and consultation with stakeholders, the intermediate results of the Multiversity project were publicly presented.

As part of the OESTE+ IGUAL project, an online training course for students took place on June 5, 2023, with 15 participants, including some classes from schools in the West Region.

As part of the Oeste +Igual Project, funded by the EEA Grants Mechanism, on May 30, a seminar was held in the West Intermunicipal Community on reconciling professional, personal and family life.

The Intermediate Workshop will showcase preliminary findings based on the empirical data collected during the project's initial nine months of implementation.

The main objective of the training is to empower young individuals to make vocational and professional decisions without being influenced by gender stereotypes.

On June 6th, the "Domestic Homicide Reviews" Webinar will take place, aimed to professionals from various fields interested in this subject, both from Portugal and Norway.

On 30th May, 2023, between 10:00 am and 12:45 pm, the Intermunicipal Community of the West, Caldas da Rainha, will host the Seminar within the scope of the Oeste + Igual Project.

On May 31st 2023 the Final Conference of the project BOOMERANG: Study on the perceptions of the economic impact of unequal sharing of unpaid work in the lives of immigrant women and men in Portugal, will take place.

On May 23rd, an online training will be held on the impact of stereotypes on vocational choices.

The final seminar of the project Glass Borders. Gendering the labour market - costs of occupational and educational segregation is taking place on May 4, at Coimbra.

The Commission for Equality at Labour and Employment (CITE) will present the Study on gender stereotypes in professional choices – Mutual Learning Session of the EEA Grants Igual Pro Project – Professions have no gender, which will take place on April 27, in Coimbra.

It is open until the 13th of April, the public consultation on the standard proposal “Equal pay management system for women and men. Requirements and guidelines”, prepared by CT216 – Technical Committee for Equal Pay between Women and Men and set up under the Equality Platform and Standard project.

On the 23rd of March the International Seminar of the Work-life Balance Programme will take place for the presentation of the first results of the Projects within the scope of the EEA Grants Financial Mechanism 2014-2021.

The first edition of “Yes, Igualdade Talks” brought together young people, businesswomen and association leaders, to talk about Equality and the importance of civic participation by girls and women for a more equal future.

A Workshop on Inclusive and Gender Sensitive Communication takes place on the 27th of February at 2:00pm at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research under GendER@UC EEAGrants.

FESETE, promoter of the project “Functions and Remuneration Evaluation - Promote Equality in Clothing and Tanning” will conduct two seminars for the presentation of two research projects, “Construction of a Function and Remuneration Evaluation System for the Clothing Industry and for the Tanning Industry”, on the 12th of January in Guimarães and on the 20th of January in Alcanena.

A meeting was held on 14 December 2022, in the Auditorium of the Ministry of Home Affairs, in the scope of the Project "Improving prevention, assistance, protection and (re)integration systems for victims of sexual exploitation".

The webinar for the presentation of the Project "Free Choices- Estereótipos não fazem o meu género: escolhas vocacionais e profissionais livres de preconceitos", promoted by UMAR- União de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta, will take place on December 5th, at 6.30 p.m.

On the 27th and 28th of October, 2022, the Equality Platform and Standard Project promoted a workshop on the implementation of the Icelandic standard on equal pay between women and men.

Project ‘The value of unpaid work of women and men – care work and domestic work’ aimed at the deepening of the theme with the objective of increasing the knowledge on the subject and to present recommendations for public policy.

On September 28th 2022 Project Participo! developed the Public Closing Session of the Project.

The Launch Session of the project "Multiversity – White Paper on Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination" will take place on 31 October 2022 at NOVA School of Law, Room 7.

On October 24th, at 11 am, there will be a public session of the Yes Igualdade project, a project promoting the political and civic participation of women and girls at the local level.

On 9th and 10th Septmber the Final Conference of Peer Network project took place at ISPA, in Lisbon.

Last September 21st, Bridges for Equality in Alto Minho presented the results and products of the project, both in terms of the production of scientific knowledge and the intervention carried out with the partner organisations

The 35 participants in this initiative had access to fundamental tools to work with children and young people as agents for preventing violence and promoting gender equality.

On July 29, 2022, the Final Seminar of the (Re) Design Affections Project took place in the Salão Nobre dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Ermesinde.

The Project NO! started the first day of the training of 30 technicians from local institutions about Prevention and Intervention in situations of domestic violence.

Between 20 and 23 June, bridGEs team was hosted by its international partner KUN Centre for Equality and Diversity in Kristiansand, southern Norway.

The EEA Grants Project IMAPA promotes, on 7th July, this activity which aims to contribute to broaden the discussion on policies to combat domestic violence.

On June 20, 2022, at 18h30, the project "Participate!", funded by the financial mechanism EEA Grants Portugal operated by CIG - Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality and promoted by União de Freguesias de Aldoar, Foz do Douro e Nevogilde, developed the Final Forum of its project.

The ViViDo project team is pleased to announce the public presentation session of the ViViDo platform and other products of the project, to be held on Friday, July 1st at 2:15 pm.

The Equality Platform and Standard Project promoted on May 24, 2022 a workshop on policy measures that promote gender equality in the labour market.

This Webinar aims to allow professionals from both countries to learn, reach conclusions and create recommendations on the different methodologies of retrospective analysis in domestic violence homicides.

On March 17th 2022, the Project Participo! developed the Webinar "Men's participation in the fight for gender equality" which became a space to exchange views and concepts related to masculinities.

The Project NO! started the first day of the Training of 30 PSP agents on the 16th of May 2022, this training will be about Prevention and Police Intervention in situations of domestic violence.

On 19, 20 and 21 April the 3rd Academia Participo! took place, a training activity for civic and political participation.

This conference is presenting the conclusions of the work carried out by the project 'The value of unpaid work of women and men – care and domestic work'.

The project "Oficina dos Afetos - Educar para a Igualdade" asked preschool children, who participated in the project's activities, to draw about what they feel when they are yelled at.

The Benfica Parish Council and the Project NO! re-associate themselves with the Blue Lace Campaign, promoted by the National Commission for the Promotion of Rights and Protection of Children and Youth.

On 30 March, 2 and 3 April, the 2nd Academia Participo! took place, a training activity for the civic and political participation of young people.

On February 8, 2022, the Project NO!, at Secondary School José Gomes Ferreira, organized an awareness-raising session for the prevention of dating violence.

On 24 and 25 March, the 1st edition of the course Integration of the Gender Perspective in Research took place under the GendER@UC EEA Grants project. This edition had 19 participants.

On March 17th, the Boomerang Project conducted the first focus group with professionals who work in the migration field.

On March 17th 2022, the Project Participo developed the Webinar "Men's participation in the fight for gender equality" where different institutions that develop their work in the field of male representation and deconstruct gender stereotypes were invited.

On March 17, at 6:30pm (Lisbon Time), the Project Participate! will host a Webinar: "Men's Participation in the fight for gender equality".

The Project NO! celebrated March 8, 2022, International Women's Day, with the first meeting of the Interinstitutional Commission for the Prevention of Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (VWDV).

On February 11, 2022, OesteCIM promoted 2 Focus Group Sessions within the scope of the Oeste +Igual Project with the aim of compiling best practices in conciliation and gender equality at the level of the West Region in a digital manual.

On February 14th, the NO! Project, together with the Youth Department of the Benfica Parish Council, celebrated Valentine's Day with an awareness-raising action for the prevention of dating violence.

On February 8, 2022, the Project No!, at Secondary School José Gomes Ferreira, organized an awareness-raising session for the prevention of dating violence.

On January 27th and 28th, the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality promoted, in partnership with the Norwegian Equality and Anti-discrimination Ombud (LDO), the Working with Judges to prevent and combat domestic and gender-based violence online workshop.

By attributing a monetary value to unpaid care and domestic work, Portugal’s GDP would increase significantly, by a minimum of 18.6% and a maximum of 36%, depending on the methodological approach chosen.

The BOOMERANG project was presented during an online session on January 18th and had the participation of the Secretary of State for Citizenship and Equality, Rosa Monteiro.

The Equality Platform and Standard Project was held in Lisbon, on November 11, 2021, the 3rd bilateral meeting of the project partnership.

The Equality Platform and Standard Project promoted, on November 12,  the Equal Pay Standards workshop.

On 11 November 2021, to mark National Equal Pay Day, the Commission for Equality in Labour and Employment is organizing a Round Table on the process of creating the Portuguese Standard for Equal Pay for Women and Men.

The elimination of the gender pay gap contributes to: a significant improvement in income poverty indicators and a 4.0% increase in GDP per capita.

MaRvel has as its general objective the challenge of gender stereotypes associated with hegemonic masculinities

Within the scope of the EEA Grants National Statistics System on Gender Equality project, Statistics Portugal is promoting a seminar on July 7t. In the morning, the Project, and the results already achieved will be presented, in the afternoon fertility, demography, and public policies will be discussed.

The  EEA Grants Project Evaluative study on the impact of measures applied to offenders (IMAPA), will be publicly presented on 8 July 2021, at 14h30.

Project NO! promoted the launch of the book “A Cidade Verde e a Cidade Azul”/ “the green city and the blue city”, a story that promotes reflection, and raises awareness against stereotypes, and promotes inclusion.

The Project Evaluative study on the impact of measures applied to offenders (IMAPA) promotes, on 29 June, at 2:30pm, the Technical workshop on the articulation between the processes of crime for domestic violence and the processes of regulation of parental responsibilities

On the 26th of May, Project NO! was present at the premiere of the play “Abusive Relationship”, by Luciane Balbine, no Auditório Carlos Paredes.

The international children's day was marked by Project NO! with the delivery of markers alluding to the rights of children

The Public Presentation Session of the EEA Grants Project "Network of Municipalities for Equality" will happen on June 9th, at 2:30 pm, in an online format, through the Zoom platform.

The EEA Grants Peer Network Project promotes the Workshop Diversity and Cultural Competence on June 2nd at 6 pm.

On May 25th the focus group session of the Oeste + Igual project took place. The activity was attended by the Project team, Municipal Focal Points, companies, and associations in the West Region.

The project EEA Grants Participo! created the Theatre of the Oppressed Group Participo! directed to women from the parishes of Aldoar, Foz do Douro, and Nevogilde.

The project aims to investigate issues related to the security and defense of maritime space and maritime routes, from Arctic Ocean to North Atlantic.

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The EEA Grants Project "Affection Workshop" promotes, on April 26 , the Webinar - Traditional Practices Harmful to the Health of Girls, Young Women and Women.

The call to support the production of 5 studies/white books in priority areas in the promotion of gender equality, with a total allocation of €552.942, is open.

Project NO! joins the Blue Ribbon Campaign to raise awareness of the importance of preventing abuse and promoting the protection of children's rights

Commission for Equality in Labour and Employment (CITE) presents a balance of the project Equality Platform and Standard

"Cávado + Equal" Project, public presentation on April 15th at 10H

The Project "Affection Workshop - Educating for Equality", promotes on April 12, between 17h30 and 19h00 the Webinar - "Looking at Violence from Citizenship. - Space and gender, the experience of children and young people at school context".

This training programme will provide participants with the skills to develop and test instruments to measure gender asymmetries and inequalities, adjusted to the characteristics of each organisation's context.

The care needs of the elderly population currently represent about 35% of all the necessary care work in Portugal, a figure that may rise to 41% already in 2030 and to 51.4% in 2050.

Summary of the analysis of the sex segregation of the employed population published

The first online workshop of the Peer Network, a project promoted by ISPA - Instituto Universitário, takes place on the 24th of March, at 5 pm.

The Word Café gathered 40 people to discuss Gender Equality and Reconciliation of Professional, Family, and Personal Life in the Oeste region.

The Project Participo! is hosting the Webinar "Women in Politics and the Media" on April 7th.

The BridGEes website has information about the project and will be updated with news about project initiatives, the results achieved, and the dissemination activities.

Project NO! was launched on March 8 with a webinar about domestic violence and violence against women.

The NO! Project is launched on March 8, through the webinar "Shared Response Meeting.

BridGEs: Opening Session on March 10th is aimed at companies and organizations interested in understanding whether their work contexts are promoters of equality and in improving their policies and practices of gender equality, reconciliation, and inclusion of diversity.

The Good Practice Guidance on Integrated Policies Against Gender-Based And Domestic Violence, funded by the EEA and Norway Grants, results from the bilateral cooperation between Romania and Norway, in collaboration with Portugal.

The EEA Grants Promova Project will enter its last phase. Cross mentoring. A matching event will be held where mentors and mentees will finally meet.

Project "Inês=Pedro?" was presented on February 15th

Participipo Project holds a webinar on youth civic participation on February 24

Projeto Promova makes a very positive balance of the 4 training modules. At the end of February, the last part of Promova, the Cross Mentoring , will begin.

OesteCIM launches pilot project in the implementation of policies and good practices in the areas of Gender Equality and Reconciliation of Professional, Family and Personal Life

National Statistics System on Gender Equality website

Registrations for the B-Learning Course: "Promoting Women's Political and Civic Participation", of the project Participo!, are open until January 31st.

"The social and economic benefits of equal pay for women and men" disclose first results.

Project (Re) Design Affections aims to involve all of society to value the importance of eliminating gender inequalities.

Disclosure of the main results of the Fertility Survey 2019 already available.

A debate dedicated to the civic and political participation of women today.

Public Presentation Session of Project Participo!

ADICE's cycle of online workshops on gender equality continues.

Junta Freguesia Benfica moves forward with a prevention project for children and young people and promoting non-violent masculinities.

The project on promoting gender equality will be presented on December 03 via zoom.

The commitment to 5 fundamental points.

Project launched under projects to improve protection of victims of violence against women and domestic violence.

The project on promoting gender equality will be presented on November 30 via zoom.

Project Promova's "Impact" module concludes its three days.

CIEG launches three days of reflection and best practice sharing in the promotion of Gender Equality.

Three days of leadership and governance in a context of transformation and unpredictability.

The Metropolitan Area of ​​Lisbon (AML) and EEA Grants Portugal organized an online meeting last November 6th to present funding opportunities.

Five projects approved under Small Grant Scheme #2 signed and ready to launch.

Cycle of workshops for parents/legal guardians of the Alfena School Group begins this November.

Six projects approved under Open Call #5 signed and ready to launch.

Online event marked the launch of the ViViDo project.

The two projects approved under Open Call #1 will launch this quarter.

Project Cávado + Igual presented at the national award ceremony “Living in Equality”.

The innovative project promoted by IGOT within the scope of the EEA Grants is officially presented on the 21st of October.

CESIS launches project in the scope of studies on the economic impact of inequalities between women and men.

Three projects approved under Open Call #4 signed and ready to launch.

ADICE project on prevention for children and young people and promoting non-violent masculinities.

Topics such as politics, macroeconomics, digital transformation, corporate governance, among others in debate.

Isabel Vaz, CEO of Luz Saúde Group, highlights the importance of diversity in the leadership of companies during the 1st training module of Project Promova.

Rita Campos e Cunha, Associate Dean at Nova SBE, stresses the importance of the role of women and the sustained and positive development of skills.

More than 20 projects move on to the next phase of Open Call #2.

CIP President António Saraiva highlights Project Promova as an opportunity and a new approach in promoting gender equality.

The three projects approved under Small Grant Scheme #1 will be signed in September.

Three days on mindfulness, personal branding, communication and storytelling.

Last May and June, CIP, in partnership with NovaSBE, organized two online events with Promova participants, labelled as Digital Get Together. Promova is a Pre-Defined Project (PDP) of the “Worklife Balance and Gender Equality" Programme.

Statistics Portugal carried out the second edition of the Fertility Survey. This survey is part of the PDP3-Project National Statistics System on Gender Equality, promoted by Statistics Portugal and financed by the EEAGrants (Work-life Balance Programme).

The deadline for submitting applications to "Open Call # 2 - Combating sexual segregation in educational and professional choices" has been extended: deadline postponed to 19 June 2020.

The Confederation of Portuguese Business (CIP) held, on April 14, in partnership with NovaSBE, the 1st Digital Get Together of the Promova Project, which aimed to provide a moment of interaction and knowledge of the participants. A new Digital Get Together has already been scheduled to take place on May 19th, under the theme "Female Leadership: What can I, as a woman, do to change?"

Launched to match the celebrations of the International Women's Day, on the 8th March, this call is a fundamental tool to promote educational and professional choices free of gender stereotypes, and the full and equal participation of women and men in the labour market. These are strategic objectives of the Action Plan for Equality between Women and Men, and part of the Portugal + Equal Strategy 2018-2030.

As part of the Work-life Balance Programme, the Predefined Project “Gender Equality Opportunities in Senior Management” - PROMOVA - was lauched on November 18th, at CIP, Lisbon.

The Portuguese Business Confederation (CIP) presents, on the November 18th, the Promova Project. This is a Predefined Project (PDP) funded by the Work-life Balance and Gender Equality Programme.

The Gender Equality Conference, in Reykjavík, Iceland was held on 31 October and 1 November, to strengthen bilateral relations between countries, promote cooperation under the EEA Grants Financial Mechanism, share and disseminate best practices and lessons learned in the field of Gender Equality.

Conference promoted by the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs, in partnership with the Comission for Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG), the Norwegian Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud (LDO) and the EEA Grants Financial Mechanism Office (FMO), on the 31st october and 1st november.

In the context of the Work-life Balance Programme, the Project promoted by DGES - General Directorate of Higher Education was lauched on July 18th, at ISCSP, Lisbon.

Promoted by DGES - General Directorate of Higher Education in the context of the Work-life Balance Programme, the Predefined Project "GE-HEI - Gender Equality In Higher Education Institutions" will be lauched on July 18th, at ISCSP - Alto da Ajuda University Campus, Lisbon.

Programme Work-life Balance: 6th Cooperation Committee Meeting

Postponement of the Open Calls and Small Grant Schemes

Studies on the economic impact of gender equality

Intervention projects to promote gender equality at local level

Prevention projects for children and young people and promoting non-violent masculinities

Projects to improve protection of victims of violence against women and domestic violence

System for assessing the value of work and pay and development of instruments for measuring gender inequalities in work organization

Public sessions for the presentation of the EEA Grants 2014-2021

Programme Work-life Balance: 5th Cooperation Committee Meeting

The Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG) - Operator of the Programme Work-life Balance and Gender Equality - held on the 24th September 2018, in Lisbon, a seminar to present the new programme.