What works in Portugal
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Evidence snapshot for Portugal
Portugal has implemented multiple initiatives to advance gender equality in leadership and civic participation. Promova demonstrates workplace impact, with 129 women from 72 companies participating across four editions and 49% achieving promotion to senior management, while AdP Waters of Portugal and GALP have adopted formal gender equality plans aligned with national law requiring minimum 33.3% women in management roles. At the local level, Participo! engaged women in civic and political participation in Porto through a €240,019 programme combining empowerment activities, mentoring, and digital platforms. However, the evidence is primarily descriptive and self-reported, and does not quantify outcomes beyond Promova's promotion rate or show broader systemic changes across Portugal.
Drawn from: Participo! · AdP Waters of Portugal - Gender Equality Plan 2024 · GALP - Equality Plan 2024 · Smart Open Lisboa · Promova · Invest Lisboa · Portugal's Decree-Law 83/2018 — Mandatory Web & App Accessibility with EU-Reported Audits
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Efficiency +56 pts 88 here · 32 average
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced +32 pts 38 here · 6 average
Impact on gender equality +30 pts 100 here · 70 average
Effectiveness +27 pts 93 here · 66 average
Inclusiveness / equity +14 pts 57 here · 43 average
Achievement / evidence +13 pts 100 here · 87 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced +9 pts 57 here · 48 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +8 pts 97 here · 89 average
Weaknesses
Evidence of learning impact -12 pts 14 here · 26 average
Demonstrated reach -16 pts 59 here · 76 average
Evaluation evidence -38 pts 11 here · 49 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Portugal. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Participo! · 98
AdP Waters of Portugal - Gender Equality Plan 2024 · 96
GALP - Equality Plan 2024 · 96
Smart Open Lisboa · 95
Promova · 95
Invest Lisboa · 91
Portugal's Decree-Law 83/2018 — Mandatory Web & App Accessibility with EU-Reported Audits · 88
Gender equality and sustentability Plan · 87
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Portugal concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
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