Podemos founding member and former MP Errejón to stand trial for alleged sexual assault
A Spanish judge has ruled that former left-wing MP Íñigo Errejón should face trial on sexual assault charges, a development that has unsettled the junior...
Gender Equality
PM Sánchez dismisses calling early elections: ‘It’s an honour to govern even in these circumstances’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday reaffirmed what he described as his socialist (PSOE) government’s ‘absolute’ commitment to feminism, as a series of sexual...
Facing fallout among women voters over sex scandals, the PSOE tighten harassment protocols
Spain’s governing socialist (PSOE) party is confronting a wave of sexual misconduct and prostitution scandals that now threaten one of its defining political pillars —...
Spain seeks to strengthen its ban on surrogacy
Spain’s Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo (main image), has said that her department and the Ministry of Justice are working on a reform aimed at...
Players in Spanish women’s football league to strike for better pay & conditions
Players in the Spanish women’s league are going to strike for better pay and conditions during the first two rounds of the upcoming season, the...
Women’s race in Madrid apologises for food processor gift, yet considers it ‘non-sexist’
The organisers of a women’s running race in Madrid apologised on Monday after the winner was offered a food processor to take home, sparking accusations...
Spain’s Economy Minister ‘won’t take part in more debates if she’s the only woman’
Spain’s Economy Minister Nadia Calviño has made a stand for gender equality, saying she won’t take part in any more events or official group photographs where...
