A influência da Women on Waves no processo de descriminalização do aborto em Portugal

Abstract

This work is the result of the subject Project of Work Course Completion (TC I) entitled "The international role of NGOs and women's reproductive rights: the influence of Women on Waves in easing process of abortion laws in Portugal, Spain and Poland (2001-2010)", whose aim was to analyze the influence of this non-governmental organization (NGO) in easing process of abortion laws in the three countries of Catholic tradition. Due to the strong theoretical support this monograph demanded, the case study had to be reconfigured and restricted only to the process occurred in Portugal, as this is one of the most emblematic cases of the relevance acquired by emanating movimentes emerged from civil society. In this sense, this thesis proposes, through an explanatory research technique, a) to understand the influence of WoW in decriminalization phenomenon of the law on abortion in Portugal. The hypothesis that drives this work is that, raise awareness about the importance of the theme in vogue and to encourage debate on national and international political agendas , the actor in question has acquired special importance and contributed to the Portuguese government was forced to call a democratic process embodied in a referendum in 2007.