Animal-rights party calls rally in support of ‘Ley Cero’
Spain’s Partido Animalista, known by the initials PACMA (Partido Animalista Contra el Maltrato Animal), has convened a protest rally for Thursday in…
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After 8-M: Is Spanish society ‘machista’ or ‘feminista’?
Following work stoppages and massive rallies across the country on Thursday that denounced gender violence and the pay gap between men and…
Hundreds of thousands march on women’s day in Spain
► Nearly 6 million stopped work, marches took place in more than 120 cities ► Hundreds of thousands of women and supporters…
Unidos Podemos follows PSOE in education pact walkout
► Unidos Podemos says PP stalling education reforms, calls for street protests ► Following the lead of the Socialist party (PSOE) one…
PSOE, Podemos, C’s join forces on party finance reform
► Surprise move angers PP, also mandates party primaries in all elections ► In a surprise move on Wednesday, representatives of the…
Women to strike Thursday for equal pay, gender equality
► 82pct of Spaniards support strike demands of equal pay, gender quality ► Tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands of women throughout…
Education pact wobbles after Socialists stage walkout
► Congress subcommittee work halted after PP, Ciudadanos ignore demands ► Education reform in Spain hit a snag on Tuesday after Socialist…
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…
Online Islamophobia jumps sharply in 2017, says report
► Anti-Islamic incidents, including ‘fake news’ & harassment, up 111 percent ► Online dissemination of false news reports and harassment against Muslims…
Groups urge rural women to support 8-M feminist strike
► Rural women in Spain face even greater inequalities at workplace, in home ► Associations representing women in agricultural areas of Spain…
Catalonia: CUP torpedoes Puigdemont stand-in Sánchez
► Far-left party sends pro-independence coalition back to drawing board ► True to form, Catalonia’s far-left Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (CUP) party on…
Women’s strike gets Catholic archbishop’s ‘imprimatur’
► Work stoppages, rallies, marches set for national Women’s Strike Thursday ► The national 8-M Huelga Feminina women’s strike scheduled for International…
Supreme Court acquits Twitterer of extolling terrorism
► Tweets on 1973 ETA bombing of Franco minister did not incite to violence ► Spain’s Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court) issued a…
Fair-trade group highlights benefits of SPP products
► Small producers label certifies fair-trade, self-managed co-op products ► Spain’s National Fair-Trade Coordinating Council (CECJ, Coordinadora Estatal de Comercio Justo) has…
PP gov’t advances overseas aid plan rejected by NGOs
► Government to hold 2018 foreign aid spending to lowest levels since 1980s ► Spain’s governing Partido Popular (PP) has relied on…
NGOFILE :: Médicos Sin Fronteras
Médicos Sin Fronteras (or Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF), known in English as “Doctors Without Borders,” is an international non-governmental organization that since…
Aid NGOs fear negative fallout from Oxfam Haiti scandal
► Widening scandal threatens to undermine humanitarian work of all NGOs ► Spain’s umbrella federation of overseas development aid and humanitarian relief…
Cáritas Spain assigns €1.34mn to migrant resettlement
► Funds for shelter, services to integrate refugees, migrants arriving to Spain ► The challenge of resettling and integrating an increasing number…
NGOFILE :: Cáritas Española ~ Spanish Caritas
► Cáritas Española ~ Spanish Caritas Cáritas Española is the Spanish affiliate of the Catholic church’s international charity and humanitarian relief agency…
NGOFILE :: Cáritas Española ~ Spanish Caritas
Cáritas Española is the Spanish affiliate of the Catholic church’s international charity and humanitarian relief agency Cáritas Inernational, working within Spain as…
‘Gitanas avanzando’ website gives voice to Roma women
► Website created through EDYTA training program for vulnerable women ► Spain’s community of gitanas (‘gypsy’ or Roma women) has been given…
Hotel sector urged to offset tourism’s carbon emissions
? 25,000 tons of CO2 produced for every million tourists in Spain ? Spain’s hotel sector has been urged to do more…
NGOs launch holiday toy drives with social conscience
► Groups seek toys that shun violence and sexism, improve lives of children ► Non-governmental organizations in Spain have launched toy drives…
Spain releases millions in funding for Catalan NGOs
• Central gov’t says NGOs to receive 10.2 mn in frozen social services funding • Funds part of Catalan gov’t budget said…
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PROGRESSIVE SPAIN ► USEFUL NEWS SOURCES & TWITTER FEEDS SPANISH POLITICAL NEWS: Spanish-language sources: ► Público ► La Vanguardia ► El Periódico…
Oxfam files suit against Spain in Brussels over refugees
• Oxfam Intermón asks EC to make Spain comply with refugee commitment • NGO says Spanish gov’t has resettled just 13.7% of…
Catalans change rules to enable ‘express’ independence
• Pro-independence parties can now rubber stamp referendum, secession laws • ‘Guardia Civil’ adds sedition to criminal charges against top Catalan officials…
#VIDEO: Macaco’s ‘Red Alerta’ highlights refugee plight
• Music video features Macaco, Tote King, Green Valley’s Ander & Aziza Brahim • Video response to drowning deaths of refugees trying…
Oxfam criticises Spain over arms sales to Saudi Arabia
• Gov’t has sold 650mn euros worth of arms to Saudis during war with Yemen • Spain’s humanitarian aid just 700k euros…
JoinIn solidarity app begins global rollout in Spain
• New mobile app to connect users with socially responsible causes worldwide • JoinIn platform aims for 10k users, 5k participating NGOs…
‘Rebels with a cause’ theme of 13th May fair-trade day
• NGOs call on Spanish consumers to support fair and sustainable commerce • CECJ, CONGDE urge swapping ‘slacktivism’ for active support of…