That instruction on part-time clarify that regime and adapt it to Law 4/84. She work had not been addressed to women, however, but to both men and women. said that part-time work was not a major problem in Portuqal, as it involved only 6.4 par cent of employed women. 295. She said that social support structures for children, which, according to the Constitution should be provided by the State, were not sufficient, particularly nurseries for children below three years of age. In smaller communities, family assistance and day-care mothers were of basic importance, but in practice some parents had no access to such facilities. In terms of =equaPity in work and employment, reference was made to Decree Laws 39217-g and 426/&M which were being applied in both the private and publia sectors. She said that a systematic, coherent programme of positive action had been applied since 1908 in the area of professional training of women, which took the form of: (a) I-m ~:traditionally Incentives to employers who integrated or trained masculineepro~fes~si~~ns;~ ~- ~~~~‘~~~~I~~~~ women in (b) Financial support to women who created their own employment or jobs _-mm_- ~-for other-women. Some of those programmes had been complemented by other She noted that in spite of measures, such as the financing of day nurseries. national and international standards, real wage differentials remained at the same level : in 1988 and in 1989, the pay of women amounted to 78.1 per cent and 76.7 per cent, respectively, of that of men. 296. Turning to the issue of fathers taking parentai leave, no data were available. Tradition and wage differentials were mentioned as factors that determined who would take parental leave. With regard to the impact on women’s employmant of the country’s entry into the Common Market, both the m-positive and negative aspects were mentioned. The positive effects included professional training and the potentially greater opportunities of employment. The unemployment rate in Portugal had become one of the lowest in However, womenconstituted two thirds of all unemployed persons and Europe. many women were working under short-term contracts, With regard to a question it was stated that their status was guaranteed by ~~concerning domestic workers, law a@ they~were-therefore assured of some social rights. 297. Referring to questions under artiale.12, she said that advice on contraceptives and family planning was legally provided to youngpeople in family planning centres that had been establishes specifically for youth and, where those did not exist, in centres for the general population. Since 1979, the.Commi&.on had conducted several campaigns on the issue addressed to both men and women. All forms of contraception were freely available and some were partly subsidized by the State if prescribed by a private doctor. As regards abortion, Law No, 6/64 provided for situations in which abortion was allotsed. Detailed information on the subject had been provided in the first periodic report. There were no statistics on the subject and the promotion of a study on the implementation of that law was under consideration. In reply to a follow-up question, She confirmed that there was a lack of information on the incidence of abortion, particularly those which were clandestine. With regard to AIDS, she said that special programmes were targeted at both men and women including campaigns to promote an awareness of the problem of women and AIDS. -6O-