detention conditions of the female population in the Educational Centre of Bela Vista, namely: i) The residential unit’s adaption to the possibility of overnight staying of young mothers with new-born descendants; ii) Creating spaces for breastfeeding, introduction of nurseries and nappy changing facilities; iii) Toilets’ adjustments; iv) Possibility of concluding Protocols with the Ministry of Health in terms of uniformed health care (v.g., psychological assistance during preborn and after birth periods). II The specificity question of gender deserved special mention by the United Nations High Commissioner Office for Human Rights, during the week of the dignity and justice for detainees, in celebration of 60 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights(13), concluding that spaces and organisations belonging to the juvenile delinquency were, in general, designed for young males. It can be said that the educational guardianship model has been applied in a predominantly male perspective, which is to some extent linked to the assertion that the number of young female in the system represents only about one-fifth(14) of the total. However, it should be taken account of the specific features resulting from the physical, emotional and intellectual development of male and female populations, which generate several personal and particular needs of growth by imposing appropriate responses by the system. Thus, it is essential that the intervention model to be taken would consider the gender issues, by creating personal spaces adapted to the feminine universe’s integrated and harmonious development. (13)  Cf. Paragraph 9.5. of the UNICEF’s Juvenile Justice Reform Guide, May 2011, available in http://www.unicef. org/search/search.php?querystring_en=juvenile+justice+legislative+justice+reform+guide&hits=&- type=&navigation=&Go.x=0&Go.y=0. (14)  Cf. the parliamentary hearing no. 83-CACDLG-XII of the Commission for Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees, about the Educational Centres Report, 2012, available in http://media.parlamento.pt/videos-canal/XII/SL2/02_com/01_cacdlg/20130522cacdlg.wmv | 75