Organic agri-produce boosted by Spanish consumers
► Double-digit rise in purchase of organic foodstuffs for third straight year ► Consumers across Spain are increasingly opting to buy organic…
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Scope of ‘gender violence’ to cover all women victims
► Agency to consider murder of all women by men potential gender violence ► The Spanish government agency charged with monitoring gender…
NGOFILE :: Federación de Mujeres Progresistas (FMP) ~ Federation of Progressive Women
The Federación de Mujeres Progresistas (FMP, or Federation of Progressive Women) is a national organization founded in 1987, which for the past…
Bishops seek changes to Spain’s immigration policies
► Church criticizes CIE detention centre conditions, summary deportations ► A spokesman for Spain’s Catholic Bishops Conference has called on the government…
Podemos seeks jobless benefits equity for part-timers
► Legislation would halt discrimination against mostly female part-time workers The Unidos Podemos parliamentary group in Congress last week introduced legislation that…
PROFILE :: Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) ~ General Confederation of Labour
► Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) ~ General Confederation of Labour The Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT, General Confederation of Labour) is…
Progressive Spain’s Top Ten Video Posts for 2017
Following are 2017’s ‘Top Ten Videos’ posted at Progressive Spain — our second annual selection based on a combination of the power,…
Catalonia anti-independence parties win popular vote, but lose parliamentary majority to ‘independentistas’
► Ciudadanos wins 1.1mn votes, 161,499 more than Puigdemont’s PDeCat party ► Pro-independence parties fail to win 50% of ballots in record…
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…
Greenpeace spoofs Rajoy’s climate-change promises
► Activists unfurl banner critical of policies on renewables and climate change ► Activists from Greenpeace España unveiled a giant film poster…
NGOs urge more action on migrant, refugee relocation
► On Int’l Migrants Day, NGOs demand better conditions, attention to minors ► Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working with migrants and refugees have…
Valencians take lead against Franco-era glorification
► Compromís initiative results in Franco-era signage removals nationwide ► A campaign launched in the Spanish Senate by Valencia’s Compromís party to…
Gere urges Spain’s Senate to help country’s homeless
► Spain has more than 31,000 homeless, 8,000 permanently living on streets ► Actor Richard Gere urged Spain’s Senate on Wednesday to…
Congress commission challenges PP on abortion rights
► Podemos resolution starts process to overturn restrictive 2015 legislation ► A key commission in Spain’s Congress of Deputies approved a resolution…
Animals now ‘living beings’, no longer owner’s ‘property’
► Congress approves reform, freeing animals from status of private property ► Spain’s Congress unanimously approved legislation on Tuesday that legally recognizes…
Corte Inglés to drop eggs from battery hens by 2025
► Spanish retailer to remove from stores own-brand eggs laid by caged hens ► Spanish department store and supermarket mega-chain El Corte…
Socialists push ambitious Historical Memory Law reform
► Proposal includes creation of Truth Commission, victims census & DNA bank ► Pedro Sánchez, general secretary of Spain’s Socialist party (PSOE),…
Spanish youth ranked near top of 2017 ‘Wellbeing Index’
► But jobless rate, low education spending seen as drag on youth’s futures ► Young people in Spain find themselves ranked relatively…
PSOE seeks Constitutional guarantee for social rights
► PSOE prioritizes LGBTI rights, church-state separation, death with dignity ► Spain’s Socialist party (PSOE) has released a working paper on a…
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…
Andalucía tops local gov’t spending on social services
► Study ranks 25 best and 41 worst municipalities on social-services spending ► A newly released study on the provision of social…
Supreme Court releases six Catalan leaders, holds four
• Judge frees six ex-ministers on bail; Junqueras, Forn, two ‘Jordis’ still held A Spanish Supreme Court judge on Monday ordered the…
High Court orders protection for minors facing eviction
• Court ruling on Madrid case sets precedent for Spanish families facing eviction • NGOs say 80% of court-ordered evictions involve parents…
Taxis threaten further strike action over Uber, Cabify
• Protests over Supreme Court go-ahead to thousands of so-called VTC licenses • Taxis claim unfair competition from excessive number of Uber,…
Congress committee proposes seizure of Franco estate
• Franco foundation said to use Pazo de Meirás to glorify ex-dictator’s legacy • Activists say local population forced to pay for…
Spain to cut ‘dysphoria’ diagnosis from transgender law
• PSOE presents amendment dropping ‘disorder’ diagnosis, required treatment • Change lets 16-yr-olds legally change sexual identity without parental consent Spain’s Congress…
Puigdemont suggests EU exit referendum for Catalonia
• ‘CATexit’ vote comments generate criticism from political Left and Right • Remarks appear to reflect shift toward Euro-sceptic parties’ positions on…
Use of prison to house migrants sparks controversy
• Vatican joins NGOS, political parties critical of use of new prison near Malaga • Gov’t says recent wave of ‘boat people’…
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…
Reports show difficulties in combating gender violence
• Unmployment, fear of reprisal, shame deter victims from reporting violence • More than 1/4 Spanish youth surveyed say violence ‘normal’ in…
Political asylum applications to Spain soaring in 2017
• Venezuelan applicants jump sharply to 7,400, 32% of total through September • 23,200 petitions in first 9 months compares to 16,554…