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International Women’s Day: Spanish Health Minister announces new measures to ensure equal abortion rights 

THE Spanish government has announced new measures to ensure equal access to abortions across the country. Spanish women will now be able to choose...

International Women’s Day: Spain saves new Human Trafficking Law and amplifies protection for domestic abuse victims

SPAIN has revived a Human Trafficking Law designed to protect victims and prevent future crimes.  The law, known as the 'Ley de Trata' (Trafficking Law)...

Protests throughout Spain for International Women’s Day 

THOUSANDS of Spaniards will take to the streets today as part of protests for International Women’s Day. Despite recent reports that 44% of Spanish men...

Almost half of Spanish men say gender equality has gone too far, but what is the reality for women...

A STUDY  released by the Spanish Sociological Research Institute hit the headlines after stating 44% of Spanish men believe ‘women’s equality has gone so...

Spain’s Catalunya region begins pioneering scheme to give out free, reusable menstrual products at pharmacies

THE regional equality chief in Spain’s northeastern Catalunya region launched a pioneering scheme on Monday that will see free, reusable menstrual products made available...

Pioneering voices: who were Spain’s early suffragettes?

SPAIN at the end of the 19th century was undergoing a massive economic and social upheaval - and women wanted a piece of the...

Equal España: Where does Spain really rank in the EU for gender equality? 

EVERY year, the EU releases its ‘Gender Equality Index’, but where does Spain rank? 2023 was a big year for female equality in Spain.  In December,...

Far-right Vox calls for secretary of state for equality to be sacked after she shares video of abortion chants...

FAR-RIGHT Vox has called for Spain’s secretary of state for equality to be sacked, after she shared a video from Wednesday’s International Women’s Day...

Women’s Day marches in Spain marred by splits in feminist movement and political infighting

FOR THE first time, in 2022 there were two separate marches in Spain for International Women’s Day. This year the scene will be repeated,...

Meet the new British diplomat in Spain blazing a trail for women in the Foreign Office

UNTIL 1972, women in the Foreign Office had to leave the service on getting married. Now, a generation later and women hold some of...

How one of Spain’s most successful expat entrepreneurs came to lead an all-female team

BRITISH businesswoman Jenninfer Cunningham is proud of the fact that she leads a team of twenty women in what has become one of the...

Women’s Day: How Spain became a pioneer in women’s rights but still has a long way to go

Spain has some of Europe’s most progressive gender laws and government-funded education campaigns discouraging domestic violence. But is it working? To mark International Women’s Day Jo Chipchase takes a look.

Celebrating women: British expat charity worker rewarded with MBE for care and compassion during Covid crisis

Pamela Twissell-Cross had never imagined her life would take such a turn after retiring to Spain. After a long career saving lives in the NHS,...

International Women’s Day: Celebrating the achievements of expat women in Spain

Women are often too modest to blow their own trumpets, so we sent Helen Barklam to speak to five inspirational women and do it for them

What Women’s Day means to three generations of strong Spanish women

THREE generations of strong Spanish women give their views on International Women's Day; one who escaped the Francoist regime, a second-generation child who returned...

PURPLE WAVE: International Women’s Day events go ahead in Valencia city despite COVID

NEITHER the coronavirus nor the rain that fell on most of the Valencian Community yesterday (March 8) could put a damper on this year’s...

Exclusive interview: How Spain’s K-9 units are taking on female handlers and training guard dogs to protect women from...

K9s have become a major part of law enforcement in the past several years and are frequently used to track missing people in search-and-rescue...

International Women’s Day: Show me a woman who doesn’t have balls!

Fortunately, journalism offered equal opportunities – female and male reporters alike were sent off to cover football

International Women’s Day: I am celebrating kind, clever and passionate women

This International Women’s Day I will take a moment to celebrate and acknowledge all the successful, kind, clever, and passionate women I know

International Women’s Day: Women have to work harder

Changes are happening but there is still a long way to go

International Women’s Day: Still work to be done

I see a future where International Women’s Day is no longer celebrated... because there is no longer a need

New York suffragettes, Charing Cross station and Annie Lennox – the surprising history of International Women’s Day

International Women's Day (IWD) has been observed since the early 1900's - a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialised world

International Women’s Day: We sit down with a feisty Franco survivor honoured for her heroics in fascist, male-dominated Spain

‘TO tell a woman everything she cannot do, is to tell her what she can’ is a Spanish proverb that perfectly fits Isabel Marquez...

International Women’s Day: A man told me I would ‘ruin the place’

I was fighting hard against the glass ceiling

International Women’s Day: We only ask for equality

The fight continues in 2020 for a just and fair society where, as females, all we want is to be seen and treated as equals

International Women’s Day: My advice? Never give up

I don’t want special treatment as a woman, just to have my business acumen acknowledged and my viewpoint respected

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