#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…
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Eight women killed in gender violence in January, highest number for first month of year since 2012
• In wake of 17-month-old baby’s death, petition nets 20,000 signatures • Eight women were killed by their partners or ex-partners during…
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…
Barcelona mayor Ada Colau wants 27% increased funding to combat domestic & gender violence
• Activist mayor of Spain’s second city seeks more funding to protect women • Funds to go toward prevention & attention to…
Gender violence education falls short in Spain’s Autonomous Communities, teachers’ union says
• CCOO says Spain’s regional gov’ts failing to educate against gender violence • Schools should teach more about equality, violence prevention, union…
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…
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…
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…
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…
EU index ranks Spain among ‘Top 10’ for gender equality
► Ranked ninth among 28 EU countries in bi-annual gender equality index ► Spain beats EU avg, improves overall gender equality score…
Thousands across Spain protest violence against women
Tens of thousands in cities across Spain marched Sunday to protest machista violence against women, joining millions of women and their supporters…
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…
More women report violence, driving spike in 2017 stats
A sharp increase in reports of domestic violence incidents and victims in Spain last year appears to be the result of more…
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…
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…
Study exposes ‘myth’ of ‘false’ gender abuse claims, with 78 percent of all cases resulting in convictions
• Gender violence observer says 78% of all cases resulted in convictions • The notion that the increase in denunciations of gender…
Archbishop of Toledo stirs outrage with sermon implying women are the cause of domestic violence
• Catholic leader says women’s refusal to submit to men at root of violence • Outraged women across Spain hit back at…
LGBT federation says Spanish laws not sufficient to protect against transgender bullying, discrimination
• Vigil marks suicide death of Barcelona transgender teen bullied at school • Rights group says nearly half of all LGBT youth…
Tens of thousands march in Madrid to protest violence against women, domestic abuse
• Massive march protests chronic problem of gender violence & domestic abuse • 84 women have died in gender-related violence in first…
20,000 expected to march in Madrid Nov. 7 to protest violence against women
• Organized by Spain’s feminist movement, march expected to draw thousands • Protest over chronic problem of gender- & domestic-violence nationwide More…
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COVID-19: Gov’t seeks to aid domestic abuse victims
National and regional government authorities are taking measures to minimize the danger of increased domestic violence directed at women during the government-decreed…
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…