women, female victims of prostitution, women in detention). With regard to the situation of elderly women, reference was made to a publication entitled “Women and aging”, which had been elaborated and disseminated by the Commission. The publication contained information on women’6 retirement benefits: pensions and economic resources: educational and cultural opportunities: and means of social integration. Reference was also made to the issue of old-age benefits, which were the same for both men and women. Concerning questions on migrant women, she described some specific training courses aimed at the improvement of their qualifications, and their integration into the labour market, which had been supported by the Commission on the Status of Women and a number of Portuguese and Curopean institutions. Twelve courses in such areas a6 embroidory, tapestry and cooking had been held in 1988/89 in five European countri,es. Similar courses would be held in 1991 in seven European countries. The rrelection of traditional fields of training was determined hy the usually low level of education and poor qualifications of the trainees. The courses were accompanied by the provision of complementary information on women’s rights, cultural identity, management and It was stated that the Commission on the Status of Women had no creativity. branches abroad and therefore it had limited possibilities to assist migrant women abroad. 284, Responding to questions under article 4, the representative stated that some special measures had been implemented in the area of professional training for women. She explained that a proposal to include a clause on temporary measures in the Constitution, promoted by wcmen’s oryanieations, had been rejected ox strictly legal grounds, as the entire Convention, upon its ratification, bad become an integral parb of domestic Portuguese law. 2R5. In relation to article 5, tho regresentative clarified that existing laws (Decree Law 330190) did not contain any provisions aimed specifically at the protection of the image of women, but prohibited any publicity against the “dignity of the human being” that would “contain any discrimination on the grounds of race or sex”. Financial sanction6 were provided to penaliee vacancy announcements of a sexist nature (Decree Law 491185). Activities of the Commission at the Ministry of Smployment included information campaigns addressed to advertisers in the mass media, often leading to the submission of complaints to the Advertising Council. With regard to change6 in attitudes and traditional sex roles, she said that there were some signs of improvement, such as the tendency for women to have broader rather than traditional aspirations, the diversification of women’s choices in the educational and professional fields, and the greater sharing of household and family responsibilities between men and women. Two Studies had been initiated by the Commission in order to evaluate the situation. With regard to question6 on sexual harassment, she said that the law had no special provisions for such behaviour and that there was a need to define sexual harassment in order to adjust legal measures to combat it. The matter had been included in one of Commission’s proposals to the Government. The recent study on sexual harassment had concluded that it was a serious problem that often had consequences for the health and working capacity of women, their ability to find jobs and their family life. Women felt that they had no formal support and often did not complain , either assuming that it would be useless or fearing the consequences if they did so. With regard to pornography, she said that it was subject to certain legal regulations limiting the exhibition, sale of and access to pornographic goods, including films. In response to a -57-