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 The Spanish government has taken another important step in the fight for equality with the reapproval of its gender parity law. Here’s how it will work. https://www.thelocal.es/20230307/how-spains-new-gender-parity-law-will-affect-companies-and-government Tue, 07 Mar 2023 18:33:00 +0100 how-spains-new-gender-parity-law-will-affect-companies-and-government Men and women have been living together since 2021 at one of the wings of the Teixeiro prison near A Coruña in Spain's Galicia region, in a bid to better prepare inmates for their reintegration into society once they are released. https://www.thelocal.es/20231201/how-spain-is-betting-on-mixed-gender-prisons Fri, 01 Dec 2023 10:19:13 +0100 how-spain-is-betting-on-mixed-gender-prisons "If I had known the elections would be brought forward, I would have started this process earlier," said 16-year-old Alicia Arruti who recently began the process of changing gender on her ID card. https://www.thelocal.es/20230710/spains-lgbtq-community-tense-ahead-of-snap-elections Mon, 10 Jul 2023 11:22:50 +0200 spains-lgbtq-community-tense-ahead-of-snap-elections Madrid Open organisers apologised Thursday after not allowing the women's doubles finalists to make speeches after the match at the tournament last week, amid other allegations of sexism. https://www.thelocal.es/20230511/madrid-open-apologises-for-denying-womens-doubles-finalists-speeches Thu, 11 May 2023 14:11:50 +0200 madrid-open-apologises-for-denying-womens-doubles-finalists-speeches A German national who lives in Seville has become the first person in Spain to be identified neither as a man or a woman, but as ‘indeterminate’, ‘X’ or non-binary. https://www.thelocal.es/20230503/german-becomes-first-person-in-spain-with-non-binary-status-on-id Wed, 03 May 2023 19:23:50 +0200 german-becomes-first-person-in-spain-with-non-binary-status-on-id Spain’s governing Socialists on Thursday secured parliamentary approval to amend a landmark law aimed at fighting sexual violence to fix a loophole that let hundreds of offenders reduce their sentences. https://www.thelocal.es/20230421/confirmed-spains-socialists-alter-rape-law-to-fix-loopholes Fri, 21 Apr 2023 11:58:56 +0200 confirmed-spains-socialists-alter-rape-law-to-fix-loopholes Rival Women's Day rallies in several Spanish cities on Wednesday showcased divisions in Spain's feminism movement and its government coalition over recent controversial gender legislation. https://www.thelocal.es/20230309/a-tale-of-two-rallies-womens-day-in-spain-shows-deep-feminism-divisions Thu, 09 Mar 2023 11:43:21 +0100 a-tale-of-two-rallies-womens-day-in-spain-shows-deep-feminism-divisions A Spanish court ordered a man to pay his ex-wife €200,000 for 25 years of unpaid domestic labour, based on the minimum wage throughout their marriage, court documents showed Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20230308/court-in-spain-orders-man-to-pay-ex-wife-e200k-for-25-yrs-of-housework Wed, 08 Mar 2023 10:16:53 +0100 court-in-spain-orders-man-to-pay-ex-wife-e200k-for-25-yrs-of-housework Spanish lawmakers on Thursday voted through a transgender law letting anyone 16 and over change gender on their ID card even as similar measures elsewhere have sparked division over the complexities of the issue. https://www.thelocal.es/20230216/confirmed-spains-gender-self-determination-law-comes-into-force Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:42:45 +0100 confirmed-spains-gender-self-determination-law-comes-into-force Spanish lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to a law granting paid medical leave to women suffering severe period pain, becoming the first European country to advance such legislation. https://www.thelocal.es/20230216/official-women-in-spain-first-in-europes-to-get-menstrual-leave Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:58:39 +0100 official-women-in-spain-first-in-europes-to-get-menstrual-leave As Spain prepares to adopt a law simplifying the process for self-identifying as transgender, other countries that introduced similar legislation are applying the brakes over the complexities involved in this highly sensitive issue. https://www.thelocal.es/20230216/as-spain-advances-trans-rights-other-early-adopters-hesitate Thu, 16 Feb 2023 10:44:08 +0100 as-spain-advances-trans-rights-other-early-adopters-hesitate Lawmakers on Thursday passed a transgender rights bill allowing anyone 16 and over to change gender on their ID card with a simple declaration. https://www.thelocal.es/20221222/confirmed-spain-approves-trans-rights-law Thu, 22 Dec 2022 17:21:16 +0100 confirmed-spain-approves-trans-rights-law A transgender rights bill to be voted on this week has sparked bitter divisions within Spain's ruling left-wing coalition, pitting its powerful feminist lobby against LGBTQ equality campaigners. https://www.thelocal.es/20221221/trojan-horse-for-feminism-how-spains-trans-law-is-dividing-the-left Wed, 21 Dec 2022 14:03:45 +0100 trojan-horse-for-feminism-how-spains-trans-law-is-dividing-the-left Cars for girls, dolls for boys and no more pink and blue. For Spain's left-wing government and the toy industry, it's game over for gender stereotypes when it comes to the country's littlest citizens. https://www.thelocal.es/20221219/how-spains-new-toy-gender-neutrality-law-works Mon, 19 Dec 2022 10:22:48 +0100 how-spains-new-toy-gender-neutrality-law-works Spain's controversial new sexual consent legislation has been blamed for reduced sentences and even the release of rapists. Faced with mounting political pressure, the government is now trying to fix it. Here's how. https://www.thelocal.es/20221216/how-spain-is-trying-to-fix-its-new-trouble-ridden-sexual-consent-law Fri, 16 Dec 2022 09:40:12 +0100 how-spain-is-trying-to-fix-its-new-trouble-ridden-sexual-consent-law MPs in Spain's Parliament on Thursday voted through a bill granting paid medical leave to women who suffer from severe period pain, becoming the first European country to advance such legislation. https://www.thelocal.es/20221216/confirmed-spain-will-have-europes-first-paid-menstrual-leave Fri, 16 Dec 2022 09:20:07 +0100 confirmed-spain-will-have-europes-first-paid-menstrual-leave When a United Nations committee ruled Spaniard Nahia Alkorta had suffered obstetric violence during the birth of her first child, it was the culmination of a ten-year quest for justice. https://www.thelocal.es/20220804/campaigners-in-spain-bring-obstetric-violence-out-of-shadows Thu, 04 Aug 2022 11:11:02 +0200 campaigners-in-spain-bring-obstetric-violence-out-of-shadows Spain's Cabinet on Monday approved a transgender rights bill allowing anyone over 16, in some cases as young as 12, to easily change gender on their ID documents. https://www.thelocal.es/20220627/teens-in-spain-can-change-gender-on-paper-without-medical-evaluation Mon, 27 Jun 2022 18:28:22 +0200 teens-in-spain-can-change-gender-on-paper-without-medical-evaluation Female players belonging to 'La Selección' will receive the same pay for representing their country as male players, the Spanish football federation announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20220614/spain-womens-national-football-team-to-get-same-pay-as-mens-side Tue, 14 Jun 2022 18:47:54 +0200 spain-womens-national-football-team-to-get-same-pay-as-mens-side Talk of abortion policy reform and proposed menstrual leave has dominated Spanish discourse this week, but it’s also dividing Spain’s coalition government. https://www.thelocal.es/20220513/spanish-government-divided-over-proposed-menstruation-leave-bill Fri, 13 May 2022 15:26:56 +0200 spanish-government-divided-over-proposed-menstruation-leave-bill