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Spain joins Europe-wide Women’s Day rallies calling for equality, an end to gender violence and wars

News Desk8th March 202611th March 2026

8th March 202611th March 20261418

Protesters across Europe took to the streets on Sunday to mark International Women’s Day, holding marches and rallies calling for an end to gender inequality,...

Over 25,000 brave weather in Madrid & other Spanish cities to mark International Women’s Day

News Desk9th March 202512th March 2025

9th March 202512th March 20251710

Women took to the streets of cities across Europe, Africa, South America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day on Saturday, with demands for ending...

Spain’s Sumar group aims to protect the right to an abortion in the constitution

News Desk6th March 202412th March 2024

6th March 202412th March 20241995

Spain’s left-wing alliance Sumar party, the junior partner of Pedro Sánchez’s socialist (PSOE) led coalition government, said on Wednesday that they want to anchor the...

Women’s Day rallies in Spain show disunity in feminist movement

News Desk9th March 202313th March 2023

9th March 202313th March 20232522

Back in 2018, marches in Spain for International Women’s Day reached a peak as a global reference, when a successfully organised nationwide strike consolidated its...

Spain’s coalition parties at loggerheads over amending sexual consent law

News Desk8th March 202314th March 2023

8th March 202314th March 20232351

The unity of Spain’s first-ever coalition government has faced its toughest test in three years of power this week, with the two ruling parties, the...

Amid restrictions and prohibitions, Spain celebrates International Women’s Day

Catherine Howley8th March 202115th March 2021

8th March 202115th March 20212215

Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (12 Mar) Traditional mass mobilisations and feminist strikes for International Women’s Day (8-M) in Spain have this year been replaced...

International Women’s Day marches prohibited in Madrid

Catherine Howley7th March 202111th March 2021

7th March 202111th March 20213161

Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (11 Mar) Marches planned for International Women’s Day (also referred to as 8-M) in Madrid on 7-8 March, have been cancelled...

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Opinion: London, Madrid, Covid-19 and populism

David Rouse16th May 20204th March 2021

16th May 20204th March 20213917

Right-wing populists in London and Madrid are at last getting a much-deserved kicking. There have been some intriguing parallels and divergencies between Spain and the...

Coronavirus in Spain update – 10 March

News Desk10th March 20204th March 2021

10th March 20204th March 20216439

With the whole of Italy in lockdown over the Coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic on Tuesday, Spain has now banned all flights arriving from Italy at least until 25...

Thousands march on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

News Desk26th November 20194th March 2021

26th November 20194th March 20212107

Tens of thousands took to the streets on Monday across Spain for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, with various events...

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