Violence against women Archives

Public prosecutors in Barcelona to appeal ruling that overturned Alves’ rape conviction

News Desk2nd April 20258th April 2025

2nd April 20258th April 2025548

The public prosecutor’s office in Catalonia announced on Wednesday their intention to appeal a court decision that overturned the rape conviction of former FC Barcelona

Over 40 rallies across Spain to protest against gender-based violence

News Desk26th November 20243rd December 2024

26th November 20243rd December 20241069

Over 40 rallies organised by feminist and women’s groups took to the streets of Spain on Monday evening to mark the International Day for the

Sánchez and Feijóo clash in unruly and chaotic TV election debate

News Desk11th July 202324th July 2023

11th July 202324th July 20231924

Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the main opposition party, the right-wing People’s Party (PP), took part in a

Gender violence becomes key issue in PP-Vox pacts ahead of 23 July election

News Desk25th June 20234th July 2023

25th June 20234th July 20232245

Gender violence, and whether it even exists, has become the key issue in the possible pacts between the right-wing People’s Party (PP) and far-right Vox

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

News Desk9th March 202313th March 2023

9th March 202313th March 20231844

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 20231700

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

Man in Spain jailed for a year after slapping wife during TikTok livestream

News Desk27th February 20236th March 2023

27th February 20236th March 20232356

A man in Spain who slapped his wife during a TikTok livestream was sentenced on Monday to a year in jail, even though the victim

Spanish government secures its ‘Only Yes is Yes’ sexual consent law

News Desk26th August 202231st August 2022

26th August 202231st August 20223281

The Spanish Congress voted on Thursday in favour of a new law that makes consent a key determinant in sexual assault cases, freeing victims of

UN body says Spain should compensate woman for ‘violence’ in C-section case

News Desk15th July 202219th July 2022

15th July 202219th July 20222458

Spain should compensate a woman who was forced to undergo a caesarean (C-section) without her consent and with her arms strapped down, a United Nations committee

Spain approves ‘Only Yes is Yes’ sexual consent bill

News Desk27th May 20222nd June 2022

27th May 20222nd June 20222474

The Spanish Congress voted on Thursday to approve a bill that makes consent a key determinant in sexual assault cases, freeing victims of having to

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