Hazte Oír tour attacks Left, feminism, LGBT community
Ultra-Catholic group Hazte Oír (Make Yourself Heard) is currently on tour again in Spain, this time moving beyond the group’s trans-phobic messaging…
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PP, VOX refuse to support gender-violence measures
Spain’s Congress ratified emergency legislation on Wednesday over the protests of the conservative Partido Popular and ultra-right VOX parties that provides special…
Hundreds of thousands demand equality, end to violence
Some 300,000 supporters of women’s rights turned out Sunday to march in cities and towns across Spain on the occasion of International…
United Left (IU) ejects Feminist Party over trans dispute
Spain’s Izquierda Unida party, the junior political partner of the left-wing, anti-austerity Unidas Podemos coalition, has voted to expel from its ranks…
Censure of Saudi ‘Supercopa’ location over rights issues
The LGBT+ fan club of the Valencia CF football team has added its name to a growing list of organizations condemning the…
Irreverent feminists acquitted of hate-crime charges
► Judge acquits women women accused of crime against religious sentiment ► Court says ‘coño insumiso’ procession legitimate, not incitement to hatred…
Gender violence top concern among women aged 18-34
► ‘Instituto de la Mujer’ report surveyed 1,500 women of all ages across Spain ► Violence, gender equality, jobs, social inequities, climate…
Feminists say women’s vote key to PSOE election victory
Spain’s feminist organizations have lauded the participation of women in rallies and demonstrations in the months leading up to the 28th April…
2019 ‘Feminist Strike’ turns out hundreds of thousands
Hundreds of thousands of women and their supporters across Spain turned out for marches and rallies linked to Friday’s 8m Huelga Feminista…
Parties scrambling to attract undecided women’s vote
Spain’s political parties are already vying for the vote of women in upcoming elections, amid the release of polling figures that suggest…
Gov’t revokes tax-exempt status for ‘Hazte Oír’ group
The Spanish Interior Ministry has announced it is suspending the tax-exempt status as an educational non-profit organization previously accorded ultra-Catholic group Hazte…
Spanish Left, feminists split on approach to prostitution
Spain’s Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Social Security has officially called for the Fiscalia government prosecutors’ office to begin legal proceedings to…
Legislation frees 120mn euros to fight gender violence
Political parties in Spain’s Congress voted unanimously on Thursday to approved legislation introduced by the government of President Pedro Sánchez that will…
UGT, CCOO support 8th March national women’s strike
► Two one-hour work stoppages scheduled for morning, afternoon shifts ► Spain’s two largest trade union federations, the Comisiones Obreras (CCOO, “Workers Commissions”)…
Rape, sexual assaults protested at ‘Running of Bulls’
• Women’s and citizens’ groups protest increase in sexual assault during festival • Police arrest 12 male suspects, including five who filmed…
Women’s struggle vital to Spain’s ‘Historic Memory’
• ‘Candelas Feministas’ group revindicates women’s role in ‘Historic Memory’ • Feminism key to women’s struggles during Republic, Civil War & dictatorship…