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…
Women’s Rights
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…
‘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…
Union plan aims to help gender violence victims at work
? Clerical workers union launches plan to get women counseling, protection ? A Spanish labour union representing administrative and clerical workers in…
Feminists call for 8th March ‘general strike’ by women
► Boycott called to demand gender equality, end to gender violence ► Feminists representing more than 100 women’s groups across Spain have…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Parties agree to spend €1billion against gender violence
• ‘Pacto contra la Violencia de Género’ passes first key congressional hurdle • Accord to spend €1bn, implement 200 measures to curb…
Pilar Bardem honored with ‘Film, Aid & Solidarity’ award
• ‘Academia de Cine’ cites decades of combining activism with TV, film career • Goya winner Bardem is also mother of actors…
Spanish police break up Nigerian sex-trafficking ring
• Nigerian women, girls subjected to voodoo, then trafficked via Libya, Italy • Forced to work in Europe as prostitutes to pay…
Caixa rewards innovative approaches to social problems
• Projects tackle gender violence, poverty, social exclusion, hate speech & more • Social Innovation awards carry 15K euros prize money for…
Gender violence funding increase far short of demands
• Socialists, women’s groups see last-minute PP budget increase as insufficient • Under pressure, 4mn euros more allocated toward gender violence prevention…
UN to review Spain’s treatment of sex-trafficking victim
• Madrid-based NGO files complaint with UN over Nigerian woman’s deportation • Women’s Link Worldwide says Spain failing to protect victims of…
#VIDEO: Amnesty says women hardest-hit by evictions
• Amnistía España cites 34,193 evictions for non-payment of rent in 2016 alone • Affordable housing crisis hits single-parent families headed by women…
Rural gender violence largely ignored, says AMFAR
• Rural women’s rights org notes 59 pct of 2017 deaths occurred in rural zones • Women living in small towns, villages…
Oxfam, García Márquez fund target gender inequality
• Oxfam Intermón joins FNPI to offer grant for journalism on gender inequality • Three-judge panel to award $5,000 prize, publish work…
Court acquits Femen activists over 2013 Madrid protest
• Spanish Femen group staged protest to counter Catholic anti-abortion march • Judge says protest was legitimate, peaceable exercise of freedom of…
Feminist, LGBT groups to protest surrogate pregnancies
• Umbrella group to protest proposed changes to Spanish law banning practice • 2010 loophole lets Spaniards register children born to surrogate…
PSOE says PP budget fails to fund gender violence pact
• PSOE’s Ángeles Álvarez slams ongoing PP cuts to fight against gender violence • Socialist Deputy says no funding earmarked for all-party…
Gov’t working group on gender violence starts hearings
• First step in establishment of federal ‘Pacto de Estado’ against gender violence • Working group to include input from women’s groups,…
NGOFILE :: Asociación Ve-la luz ~ ‘See the Light’ Association
• Asociación Ve-la luz ~ ‘See the Light’ Association The Asociación Ve-la luz (‘See the Light’ Association) was formed by a group…