Commitments
Commits to promoting increased participation by women in international missions for the strengthening and maintenance of peace and security, and for humanitarian aid and crisis management; to continuing to actively promote the women and peace and security agenda in the main multilateral forums to which Portugal is a party, such as the United Nations, the European Union, the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and NATO.
Commits to raising awareness in all the relevant international forums of the importance of establishing national actions plans for the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000).
Pledges to providing information for the United Nations indicators in order to track the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) and for relevant documents on the implementation of the resolution.
Commits to conducting training programmes on gender equality and violence against women and girls, including sexual violence, gender-based violence and trafficking in human beings, for national personnel in the field of justice and for members of the armed and security forces assigned to international peacekeeping missions.
Pledges to including the women and peace and security agenda in Portuguese development aid programmes; and, finally, to continuing to engage with civil society organizations on women and peace and security agenda issues
2016 Update:
The representative of Portugal did not address whether 2015 commitments to provide training programmes to prevent SGBV among Peacekeeping forces were met.
The representative of Portugal did not address efforts to increase women’s participation, as was promised in 2015.
2017 Update:
In 2009, Portugal adopted its first National Action Plan on the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000). A second plan, adopted in 2014, will be in force until 2018.
Portugal strengthened measures to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse, joined the Circle of Leadership and contributed to the United Nations Trust Fund for victims of sexual exploitation and abuse.
Commitment:
Portugal reiterated its pledge to continue conducting training programmes on gender equality and violence against women and girls, including sexual violence, gender-based violence and trafficking in human beings, for national personnel and members of the armed and security forces assigned to international peacekeeping missions.
2018 Update:
We are organizing exchanges and sharing of experiences of officials deployed to peacekeeping and peacebuilding missions.
Portugal is providing training on gender equality and violence against women and girls to officials in the justice sector, the armed forces and the security forces. A total of 81 Portuguese women are taking part in United Nations and European Union bilateral and regional missions.