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This Iberian peninsula country, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, has a rich history of seafaring and exploration. Since emerging from 40 years of authoritarian rule and the rapid decolonisation of its African colonies in the 1970s, it has undergone many social reforms but has been badly hit by the global economic crisis and the subsequent sovereign debt crisis. Trafficking of children and the treatment of child asylum seekers are among the most prevalent violations of children's rights.
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43 Human development index97 Happy planet rankingOrganisations in Portugal
- Associação de Mulheres Contra a Violência
- Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
- Bureau international catholique de l'enfance
- Bureau International Catholique De L'enfance
- Child Helpline International
- CIVITAS
- Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Crianças e Jovens em Risco
- Dynamo International
- European Association for Children in Hospital
- European Foundation for Street Children Worldwide - EFSCW
- Genuine Empowerment of Mothers in Society
- Global Campaign for Education
- Global March Against Child Labour
- Innocence in Danger
- International Catholic Child Bureau - Switzerland
- International Centre for Child and Youth Studies
- International Federation of Business and Professional Women - UK
- International Federation of Social Workers
- International Planned Parenthood Federation
- International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
- La Leche League International
- Office of the Ombudsman of Portugal
- SOS Children's Villages International
- Task Force on Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents in & by Hospitals and Health Services
- UNESCO
- Women's World Summit Foundation
- World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)
- World Association of Early Childhood Educators