ERC deputy thrusts condoms into Congress debate
• ‘You don’t have to be afraid to use the word’, Gabriel Rufián tells PP’s Rajoy • ERC deputy urges more measures…
Healthcare
NGOFILE :: Médicos del Mundo
• Médicos del Mundo ~ Doctors of the World Médicos del Mundo is the Spanish affiliate of Médecins du Monde (MdM), an…
NGOFILE :: Acción contra el Hambre ~ Action Against Hunger
• Acción contra el Hambre ~ Action Against Hunger (ACT International) Acción contra el Hambre is the Spanish affiliate of international non-governmental…
EU Court ruling to benefit Spain healthcare workers
• Court says Spain tries to use ‘temporary’ contracts to deny workers benefits • Ruling seen as boon to ‘temp’ healthcare workers…
Group gives mixed reviews to regional healthcare
• Navarre, Aragon, Basque Country top list of best regions for public healthcare • Valencia again finishes last in points-based ranking of…
Activists say healthcare restrictions violate treaties
• REDER network cites 338 incidents of healthcare denial from April-July • Group monitors healthcare denial to migrants, chronically ill, unemployed An…
Spain fourth worldwide in guarding children’s rights
• KidsRights Index 2016 recognizes Spain’s protection of children’s rights • Annual index charts 163 countries on right to life, health, education…
Amnesty criticizes Spain for restricting freedoms, ongoing evictions and mistreatment of immigrants
• Global rights report says Spain curtails freedoms of assembly, expression • Amnesty International (AI) has denounced the Spanish government in its…
Activists, Spanish government say 17,000 girls of African descent at risk of female genital mutilation
• Activists say girls under age 15 at risk in Spain may number up to 24,000 • Spain’s government Council of Ministers…
Andalusia public health study demonstrates clear link between housing evictions and health problems
• Women evicted more likely than men to suffer illness, heart problems • A new study in Andalusia has shown that people…
Telefonica’s ‘Think Big’ program picks 310 finalists for funding of projects with positive social impact
• Annual program funds, mentors young social entrepreneurs across Spain • Spain’s Telefonica Foundation has announced the selection of 310 finalists in…
Nearly two-thirds of Spain’s 24,000 healthcare job losses since 2012 occurred in Valencia, Andalusia
• Valencia, Andalusia, Madrid and Castile-La Mancha hardest hit regions • Layoffs and a hiring freeze to replace retiring healthcare workers under…
Patients’ rights groups seek healthcare commitment as political parties negotiate coalition government
• Patients’ organisation says healthcare forgotten since general elections • A national patient’s rights group, the Plataforma de Organizaciones de Pacientes has…
Amnesty International says Spain has backtracked on freedoms of expression and assembly for citizens
• AI Spain director says political parties should do more to protect rights • Esteban Beltran says police power expanded, protection of…
Greenpeace, Oxfam & Amnesty fault Spain’s political parties for foot-dragging on social rights
• NGOs want universal access to basic rights enshrined in Constitution • Political parties get poor marks in commitment to healthcare, housing…
UK MP tells Labour International meeting in Alicante: Vote to Stay in Europe
• British Labour Party MP promotes campaign to keep Britain in EU • Says Britons in Spain make up largest group of…
País Vasco launches Elkarlan awards for citizen-led social projects
The Basque regional government has announced the launch of the first edition of its annual Elkarlan awards, to be granded to the…