Compromís sues local councils over Franco-era names
► Party files suits over towns’ refusals to remove Franco-era names, symbols ► Valencia’s regional Compromís party is going to the courts…
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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 is the Spanish affiliate of the Catholic church’s international charity and humanitarian relief agency Cáritas Inernational, working within Spain as…
UN calls on Spain to spend more to protect children
► UN committee also calls for ban on under-18 minors witnessing bullfights ► A United Nations committee has issued a report critical…
Podemos, Ciudadanos parley over electoral law reform
► Ideologically divided, Spain’s newest parties agree election reform needed ► Leadership teams of the ideologically opposed Podemos and Ciudadanos political parties…
‘Billy the Kid’ covered by amnesty law, say prosecutors
► Judge will now decide whether to drop proceedings against alleged torturer ► The Madrid provincial public prosecutor’s office has recommended a…
Eroski offers more certified ‘sustainable’ fish products
► Supermarket chain now offers six sustainable seafood products in stores ► Spanish supermarket chain Eroski announced this week that it is…
PSOE calls for equal-pay monitoring, dispute arbitration
► Socialist proposal catches PP gov’t on back foot over Rajoy on-air remark ► Spain’s Socialist party (PSOE) says it plans to…
Unicef Spain says cyber-bullies target minority children
? Report says connectivity costs put many children at risk of social exclusion ? Unicef Comité Español, the Spanish National Committee for…
NGOs mark Tarajal border tragedy with call for justice
► CEAR, AI lead commemoration of migrants’ deaths in Ceuta border crossing ► Spanish NGOs working to protect the rights of immigrants…
NGOFILE :: PROACTIVA OPEN ARMS
Proactiva Open Arms is a Spanish non-governmental organization based in Barcelona and dedicated to search-and-rescue operations to save refugees who are stranded…
BCN mayor Colau isolated after losing confidence vote
► Opponents have 30 days to field a censure motion that could oust mayor ► Barcelona mayor Ada Colau lost a key…
PSOE urges more gov’t action against genital mutilation
► Nearly 19,000 girls of African origin residing in Spain currently at risk ► Spain’s Socialist party (PSOE) has called on the…
NGOs enlist ADIF to educate about humanitarian relief
► ‘Behind the emergency’ exhibit tours Spanish train station lobbies ’til April ► Acción contra el Hambre (Action Against Hunger), the Spanish…
EU issues air quality ultimatum to Spanish government
► Spain one of nine countries given until next week to fix pollution problem ► The European Union has again cautioned Spain…
Save the Children urges law on violence against children
► Children’s rights NGO says Rajoy gov’t has reneged on agreed legislation ► Save the Children España has launched a signature-gathering campaign…
Push to oust EU rights judge over anti-LGBTI comments
► History of homophobic views follow Spain’s Human Rights court appointee ► Opposition political parties in Spain have added their voices to…
Catalan vote delay opens rift among ‘independentistas’
► PDeCAT, ERC, CUP at odds over how to proceed with presidential selection ► A last-minute postponement of Tuesday’s scheduled parliamentary vote…
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”)…
How big is Spain’s pay gap between men and women?
►Women earn 14.9% less hourly, 22.9% less per year for same work as men ► The gap in pay for the same…
Unidos Podemos propose €24.5bn gov’t spending hike
► Plan eyes €11.5bn tax rise to combat social injustice, economic inequality ► In keeping with their roots in Spain’s 15M anti-austerity…
Franco-era symbol goes down with a fight in Alicante
► ‘Cruz de los Caidos’ removed by PSOE-led local council in Callosa de Segura ► An ongoing dispute over a divisive symbol…
Court rules Puigdemont must return to Spain for vote
► Justices say ‘No’ to remote participation in Catalan parliamentary session ► Spain’s Tribunal Constitutional (Constitutional Court) ruled late Saturday that a…
PP-led Galicia assembly admits Franco regime ‘fascist’
► Spaniards sent to Nazi camps honoured on Holocaust Remembrance Day ► In what is seen as an unprecedented move by legislators…
NGOs, trade unions demand action on LGBTI legislation
► LGBTI Equality Law currently stalled in congressional amendment process ► Twenty-six Spanish non-governmental organisations and trade unions have called on political…
‘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…
Valenciano is Spain’s first transgender town Councillor
► 22-yr-old Guillem Montoro of Compromís joins Paiporta municipal council ► The ever transgender person to become a town councillor since Spain…
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 call on Spain to cut pesticides 50% in 10 years
► Groups urge gov’t to follow lead of France, Denmark in reducing chemicals ► A dozen non-governmental environmental organizations in Spain have…
Bright jobs figures hide Spain’s temporary work problem
► 60% of workforce in temporary-contract jobs, can’t find full-time employment The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimated Monday that while unemployment in…
EU Parliament challenges Spain on renewables, solar tax
► MEPs vote 594-67 for increased EU commitment to solar, wind energy ► A European parliament vote in Strasbourg last week to…