Gender sense & sensitivity Policy evaluation on women’s rights and gender equality (2007-2014)
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REGIME DA REPRESENTAÇÃO EQUILIBRADA ENTRE MULHERES E HOMENS NOS ÓRGÃOS DE ADMINISTRAÇÃO E DE FISCALIZAÇÃO DAS EMPRESAS PUBLICAS E COTADAS EM BOLSA
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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 99% 7/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice
The Law No. 62/2017, determines that the proportion of people of each sex designated for each body of administration and inspection: • It cannot be less than 33.3% in each entity of the public business sector covered, from January 1, 2018. If the administration bodies are part
Details
- Promoter
- Comissão para a a Cidadania e a Igualdade de Género (CIG) — website
- Power domain
- Political Power, Economic Power
- Methods / tools
- Monitoring
- Region (NUTS)
PT17- Keywords
- Public Business Sector, balanced participation, management and supervisory bodies
Context
Law No. 62/2017 sets minimum quotas for the proportion of each sex on administration and supervisory bodies of Portugal's public business sector and stock-exchange-listed companies, phased in from January 2018 (33.3% public sector; 20% listed companies) rising to 33.3% for listed companies from the first assembly elected after January 2020.
Objectives
Achieve balanced representation of women and men in administration and inspection bodies of public and listed companies, covering both executive and non-executive members.
Activities
The Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG) is given the competence to monitor implementation of the law and to draw up an annual report on its implementation for the responsible government minister.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Low (< €50k)
- Time to results
- Long (> 3 years)
- Staffing & skills
- Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG) monitoring staff
Conditions for success
- Legally mandated, phased quota thresholds (20% then 33.3%) tied to fixed calendar dates
- Statutory annual reporting obligation to the government minister responsible for the domain
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- ProPEGE — Equal Leadership catalogue — accessed 2026-06-14
- Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
- Promoter website — accessed 2026-06-14
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