https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Spanish court ordered Wednesday the interior ministry to pay €180,000 in compensation to the family of a woman murdered by her abusive husband after her request for protection was turned down. https://www.thelocal.es/20201015/spanish-court-orders-compensation-for-gender-victims-family-after-guardia-civil-failed-to-protect-her Thu, 15 Oct 2020 18:47:34 +0200 spanish-court-orders-compensation-for-gender-victims-family-after-guardia-civil-failed-to-protect-her Spanish companies must now reveal wage differentials between male and female employees to allow women to demand greater equality, under a government decree adopted on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20201014/spanish-firms-face-fines-over-gender-pay-gap Wed, 14 Oct 2020 11:58:42 +0200 spanish-firms-face-fines-over-gender-pay-gap Ultra-Catholic organization is using an image of Hitler wearing lipstick to protest against what it calls “feminazis” and Spain’s gender violence laws in the run up to Women’s Day on March 8th. https://www.thelocal.es/20190301/ultra-catholic-hitler-campaign-bus-tours-spain-against-feminazis Fri, 01 Mar 2019 11:49:22 +0100 ultra-catholic-hitler-campaign-bus-tours-spain-against-feminazis Spain's Socialist government is seeking to erase gender bias in the constitution but the head of the Royal Spanish Academy, the custodian of the language, on Monday said the plan was unworkable. https://www.thelocal.es/20180716/spanish-bid-for-gender-neutral-constitution-sparks-row Mon, 16 Jul 2018 17:19:38 +0200 spanish-bid-for-gender-neutral-constitution-sparks-row New data confirms the burden of running a home and raising a family falls firmly on the woman’s shoulders, even if she is in full time work. https://www.thelocal.es/20180213/gender-gap-spanish-women-do-twice-as-much-unpaid-work-as-men Tue, 13 Feb 2018 11:30:49 +0100 gender-gap-spanish-women-do-twice-as-much-unpaid-work-as-men Given Spain's gender pay gap of women earning 19.3 percent less than men, female employees will effectively start working for free on October 21st, according to a report by London-based Expert Market. https://www.thelocal.es/20161019/women-in-spain-will-work-for-free-from-october-21st Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:47:25 +0200 women-in-spain-will-work-for-free-from-october-21st A victims’ association is calling for the suspension of a Spanish judge over ‘offensive questioning’ of a rape victim. https://www.thelocal.es/20160308/did-you-try-closing-your-legs-judge-asks-rape-victim Tue, 08 Mar 2016 17:05:15 +0100 did-you-try-closing-your-legs-judge-asks-rape-victim The city of Valencia is to take the fight against machismo to the streets by installing feminine silhouettes alongside the usual striding man at pedestrian crossings. https://www.thelocal.es/20160307/women-given-green-light-in-spanish-equality-drive Mon, 07 Mar 2016 14:26:39 +0100 women-given-green-light-in-spanish-equality-drive Madrid has rallied behind bus driver Miguel Ángel after he tried to stop a group of young men harassing women, only to become their target instead. https://www.thelocal.es/20160229/bus-driver-attacked-after-defending-women-from-sexual-harassers Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:25:00 +0100 bus-driver-attacked-after-defending-women-from-sexual-harassers A tweet by Spain's National Police for Valentine's Day sparked a heated debate about sexism and consent. https://www.thelocal.es/20160215/sexist-valentines-day-tweet-by-police-causes-stir-online Mon, 15 Feb 2016 13:52:28 +0100 sexist-valentines-day-tweet-by-police-causes-stir-online The number of women holding ambassador positions for Spain plummeted from 27 to nine after conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy took office, falling behind its European counterparts. https://www.thelocal.es/20160210/number-of-female-ambassadors-plummeted-under-rajoy-report Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:52:43 +0100 number-of-female-ambassadors-plummeted-under-rajoy-report Spain's gender pay gap is increasing, with women on average earning 19.3 percent less than men and rarely getting promoted above them, figures released on Thursday show. https://www.thelocal.es/20150305/women-lose-out-pay-gap-widens Thu, 05 Mar 2015 16:03:00 +0100 women-lose-out-pay-gap-widens The new report from the influential World Economic Forum has named Spain and Greece as the two European countries with the greatest rise in gender inequality since 2006 in terms of political power, economic participation, education and health. https://www.thelocal.es/20141028/women-fare-worse-as-spains-gender-gap-grows Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:15:00 +0100 women-fare-worse-as-spains-gender-gap-grows A politician on the Spanish island of Majorca has filed an official complaint about t-shirts distributed by a local nightclub which show a man shoving a woman to the ground with the caption, "Problem? No problem". https://www.thelocal.es/20140812/spanish-nightclub-slammed-for-sexist-t-shirts Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:09:00 +0200 spanish-nightclub-slammed-for-sexist-t-shirts The organizers of a major comic fair in Barcelona are fuming after a recruitment firm placed a job ad on their website for hostesses with a minimum bust measurement of 95 centimetres (37 inches). https://www.thelocal.es/20140411/sexist Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:55:00 +0200 sexist A Spanish mayor has come under fire after he gave aprons and nail files to women at a race event to support International Women's Day. https://www.thelocal.es/20140311/madrid-mayor Tue, 11 Mar 2014 17:18:00 +0100 madrid-mayor The pay gap between women and men Spain is higher than average for the EU and the country is one of only a handful where wage inequality is one the rise, a new report reveals. https://www.thelocal.es/20140228/gender-pay-gap-in-spain-is-getting-worse Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:33:00 +0100 gender-pay-gap-in-spain-is-getting-worse A Spanish judge has got himself into hot water after he said a driving school was within its rights to charge female learners more than their male counterparts. https://www.thelocal.es/20131002/women-are-worse-drivers-than-men-spanish-judge Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:22:00 +0200 women-are-worse-drivers-than-men-spanish-judge Spain's centre-right Popular Party government, under pressure from the Catholic Church and its ultraconservative wing, has vowed to "promptly" tighten the nation's abortion laws, angering the opposition Socialist Party which had eased access to the procedure. https://www.thelocal.es/20130418/planned-abortion-law-changes-spark-outcry Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:01:00 +0200 planned-abortion-law-changes-spark-outcry