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 Spanish toy makers agreed Wednesday to end gender stereotypes in their adverts and vowed to stop featuring boys exclusively with cars and soldiers, and girls playing with dolls. https://www.thelocal.es/20220428/spain-moves-to-end-gender-stereotypes-in-toy-adverts Thu, 28 Apr 2022 11:36:43 +0200 spain-moves-to-end-gender-stereotypes-in-toy-adverts Spain’s Ministry of Equality is considering offering people under the age of 25 free contraception as well as the possibility of women taking time off work when they have severe menstrual pain. https://www.thelocal.es/20220304/spain-eyes-free-contraception-for-under-25s Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:18:36 +0100 spain-eyes-free-contraception-for-under-25s Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Guardiola and Piqué are among the FC Barcelona stars who kicked off their careers through the Catalan team's youth system. For the first time in 42 years, La Masia has now opened its doors to female football players; this is their story. https://www.thelocal.es/20211109/were-pioneers-barcas-la-masia-academy-finally-opens-its-doors-to-women Tue, 09 Nov 2021 13:24:36 +0100 were-pioneers-barcas-la-masia-academy-finally-opens-its-doors-to-women Three women staged a topless protest on Wednesday outside the Tunisian embassy in Madrid calling on Tunis to free three fellow activists detained for a bare-breasted anti-Islamist demonstration in the north African nation. https://www.thelocal.es/20130612/topless-activists-target-madrids-tunisian-embassy Wed, 12 Jun 2013 19:13:00 +0200 topless-activists-target-madrids-tunisian-embassy On International Women's Day, we ask expat and Spanish women if there's any discrimination in the workplace in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20130308/womens-day Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:11:00 +0100 womens-day