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…
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Most gender-violence victims do not report attackers
A troubling phenomenon in the fight against gender violence and efforts to protect women from their agressors was brought into sharp focus…
Gender-violence judge to preside over Spain’s Senate
The Socialist party (PSOE) majority in the Spanish Senate is set to name a career judge specializing in gender-violence crimes to preside…
Unions warn of gender-violence denial by right-wing
Spain’s leading labour union federations have called for vigilance against what they say is a campaign of gender-violence denial that threatens the…
One-third of gender-violence cases involve foreigners
► 32.12% of gender-violence cases from Apr-June reported by foreign women ► From 2007-2018, 28.3% of gender violence directed against foreign women…
Gender-violence judge faces possible fine over remarks
A judge presiding over gender-violence cases in Madrid is facing a possible 6,000-euro fine after having been caught on CCTV camera referring…
PSOE to call Rajoy’s hand on gender-violence funding
► Measures would force extraordinary decree to free up 200mn euros funding ► In an effort to force the hand of President…
More men going to jail as gender-violence reports rise
► 70 percent of cases result in jail time, complaints rise by 11.7 percent ► More men are serving jail time in…
PP stalls gender-violence funding increase in Senate
• PP absolute majority blocks opposition move to restore funding to 2010 levels • Party says only that it will assign ‘sufficient’…
Congress set to broaden gender-violence legislation
• Measures introduced by PSOE and PP to strengthen 2004 gender-violence law • Parties seek greater protection, tougher sanctions against ‘machista’ violence…
Official says false gender-violence testimony a myth
• President of Domestic & Gender Violence agency says false charges very rare • Agency says gender violence complaints, convictions rose during…
Tens of thousands march to protest gender violence
Tens of thousands marched across Spain on Monday to protest violence against women in Spanish society and take special aim at those…
#VIDEO Activist rebukes VOX leader on gender violence
In past years on the occasion of the UN-designated International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Madrid’s 57-member municipal council…
‘Feminist Emergency’ called over gender violence spike
► Rallies, vigils scheduled for Friday night in more than 200 cities nationwide ► Organizers demand funding of measures to combat violence…
Officials warn of conflating gender, domestic violence
► Equating gender violence with ‘inter-family violence’ creates confusion ► VOX says gender violence ‘big lie’, same amount of violence against men…
Municipalities to get funding to combat gender violence
Vice-President and Minister for Equality Carmen Calvo said Tuesday that the government of President Pedro Sánchez has set aside funding for the…
Andalucía gender-equality law debuts amid criticism
A long-awaited regional gender-equality law took effect in Andalucía on Tuesday amid criticism that it fails to resolve many issues surrounding inequality…
Gov’t alarmed over child victims of gender violence
Spanish authorities have detected an increase in the number of attacks by male perpetators against children as a means of attacking their…
Gov’t cuts budget commitment to fight gender violence
Leftwing opposition parties and leading feminist associations have charged the governing Partido Popular (PP) of President Marian Rajoy with abandoning Spain’s National…
PSOE pressure frees €200mn against gender violence
• Rajoy bends to Socialist-introduced measure, agrees to unfreeze funding • 200mn euros first tranche of five-year budget to combat gender violence…
Rural gender violence largely ignored, says AMFAR
• Rural women’s rights org notes 59 pct of 2017 deaths occurred in rural zones • Women living in small towns, villages…
PSOE says PP budget fails to fund gender violence pact
• PSOE’s Ángeles Álvarez slams ongoing PP cuts to fight against gender violence • Socialist Deputy says no funding earmarked for all-party…
Gov’t working group on gender violence starts hearings
• First step in establishment of federal ‘Pacto de Estado’ against gender violence • Working group to include input from women’s groups,…
Activists seek action on equality, gender violence
• Feminist groups demand ‘Equality Ministry’, reform of gender-violence law • Congress likely to reform law, but budget cuts leave initiatives underfunded…
#VIDEO: Valentine’s Day protest march in Madrid condemns ongoing gender violence nationwide
• Protest organized under theme of “Love neither hurts, nor kills” • Marchers condemn murders of 24 women by men in first…
Spain makes progress on gender violence, as fear persists among women amid ingrained machismo
• Survey finds 91% of women fail to report violence, fearing repercussions • Despite advances, gender- and domestic-violence on the rise, say…
Activists say abused women twice-victimized by courts
► Groups decry lack of counsel, light sentences, scant protection from abusers ► A coalition of Spanish feminist associations have denounced mistreatment…
NGOFILE :: Asociación Ve-la luz ~ ‘See the Light’ Association
• Asociación Ve-la luz ~ ‘See the Light’ Association The Asociación Ve-la luz (‘See the Light’ Association) was formed by a group…
NGOFILE :: Asociación Ve-la luz ~ ‘See the Light’ Association
• Asociación Ve-la luz ~ ‘See the Light’ Association The Asociación Ve-la luz (‘See the Light’ Association) was formed by a group…
Abuse victims to get parole warnings via SMS
• Women at risk to receive SMS messages before attackers released from jail • Program alerts gender-violence victims to change in attacker’s…