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Pilar Álvarez

International Women‘s Day

Limited by pandemic restrictions, Spain’s feminist groups hold symbolic acts to celebrate International Women’s Day

Pilar Álvarez|Madrid | 09-03-2021 - 11:50 UTC

Socially distanced protests were held in several cities, while in Madrid people were urged to come out to their balconies and applaud at 8pm

International Women‘s Day

Feminist groups in Spain set aside differences to celebrate International Women’s Day

Pilar Álvarez|Madrid | 08-03-2021 - 10:08 UTC

The movement has come together to call for an end of gender violence and a fairer division of caregiving duties, but events have been scaled back due to the coronavirus pandemic

LGBTQ+ Rights

Spain’s Equality Ministry drafts law that would let citizens change official gender without medical checks

Pilar Álvarez|Madrid | 03-02-2021 - 11:12 UTC

The proposals from left-wing Unidas Podemos have been met with criticism from some women’s groups and have sparked tensions with their senior partner in the government, the Socialist Party

REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

Spain seeks law change to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to abort without parental consent

Pilar Álvarez|Madrid | 08-10-2020 - 09:17 UTC

Equality Minister Irene Montero has announced plans to repeal the 2015 reform that requires young women to get permission from their parents before they can terminate a pregnancy

SEXUAL ASSAULT

The alleged sexual assault filmed on Spain’s ‘Big Brother’: ‘Nobody did anything!’

Pilar Álvarez/Tom C. Avendaño|Madrid | 09-03-2020 - 16:07 UTC

A Madrid court has been investigating a suspected case of abuse of a female contestant that was caught on camera during the filming of ‘Gran Hermano’

Spanish politics

Which school talks are under threat from the far-right’s ‘parental veto’ in Spain?

Pilar Álvarez/Noor Mahtani/Virginia Vadillo|Madrid / Murcia | 22-01-2020 - 12:34 UTC

Vox is pushing for a system to be introduced in regional education programs targeting workshops on the prevention of homophobia, sexual abuse and teenage pregnancy

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Spain sees worst year for gender violence deaths since 2015

Pilar Álvarez|Madrid | 02-01-2020 - 12:08 UTC

A total of 55 women lost their lives at the hands of their partners or ex-partners in 2019, with the number of victims passing the macabre milestone of 1,000 since records began

Gender violence in Spain

Vox blocking measures against gender violence in Spain

Pilar Álvarez/EFE/Pedro Murillo|Madrid / Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 25-11-2019 - 13:48 UTC

The far-right party has stopped regions and city councils from taking a united stand on the issue, which has claimed more than a thousand women’s lives in Spain since 2003

RUNNING OF THE BULLS RAPE CASE

Two “La Manada” members get extra jail time for filming gang rape

Pilar Álvarez/Eva Saiz/Jesús A. Cañas|Madrid / Córdoba | 20-11-2019 - 18:06 UTC

Four of the men also stood trial this week over claims they sexually abused an unconscious 21-year-old woman two months before the assault in Pamplona

Gender equality

“Spanish feminism’s own history makes it ahead of its time”

Pilar Álvarez|Madrid | 14-11-2019 - 07:47 UTC

EL PAÍS talks to author Nuria Varela about the gains made by the women’s movement in Spain, and the fourth generation of feminists who are now leading the fight for greater rights

Gender violence

Knitting butterflies as therapy: “I’m still a mother, but I don’t have my daughters”

Pilar Álvarez|Madrid | 26-09-2019 - 11:26 UTC

A year after her two children were murdered by her ex-husband, Itziar Prats is finding the strength to move forward thanks to a new project aimed at raising awareness

GENDER VIOLENCE

Smiling victims and stock images: Andalusia accused of trivializing gender violence in new campaign

Eva Saiz/Pilar Álvarez|Seville / Madrid | 06-08-2019 - 09:56 UTC

The regional government has spent €1.2 million on an initiative against “abuse” that includes photos previously used in dental ads

SEXISM IN SPORTS

Female squash players in Spain shocked at tournament prize: leg wax and a vibrator

Pilar Álvarez|Madrid | 22-05-2019 - 10:53 UTC

The athletes who won a championship in Asturias say the award highlights “structural sexism” in sport and have filed a complaint that has led to club resignations

CRIME

Man who killed wife and son in Tenerife cave showing no remorse

P. Murillo/P. Alvarez/P. Ortega-Dolz|Adeje / Madrid | 30-04-2019 - 12:21 UTC

The suspect has only spoken to ask for medication for his aching leg, but has shown no interest in his surviving son Jonas, leading investigators to believe the crime was premeditated

Crime

Man who murdered son and wife in Tenerife told them he had Easter gifts in the cave

Pilar Álvarez/Pedro Murillo|Adeje / Santa Cruz de Tenerife | 28-04-2019 - 12:01 UTC

A Dutch woman who was the first to talk to Jonas, a seven-year-old who survived by running away, has offered new details about the case

ANALYSIS

Elections in Spain: four men debating about women

Pilar Álvarez|Madrid | 23-04-2019 - 16:10 UTC

EL PAÍS gender correspondent Pilar Álvarez analyzes Monday night’s pre-election debate, during which the all-male candidates discussed sexual consent, surrogacy and the so-called “tampon tax”

Gender violence

How the Spanish justice system failed a mother and her two daughters

Pilar Álvarez|Madrid | 27-03-2019 - 13:08 UTC

Itziar Prats’ children, Nerea and Martina, aged two and six, were murdered by their father after authorities failed to act on the report she filed against him

GENDER EQUALITY

Welcome to Spain’s feminist club for men

Pilar Álvarez|Aracena | 04-03-2019 - 07:45 UTC

The members of this group in Huelva hold monthly meetings where they reject toxic masculinity and discuss how to fight for greater gender equality

PATERNITY LEAVE

Spanish government to raise paternity leave to 16 weeks by 2021

Pilar Álvarez/Isabel Valdés|Madrid | 25-02-2019 - 15:56 UTC

The measures, which will be passed by a royal decree, will see the period granted to new fathers progressively rise over the next two years

POLITICS

Spain’s far-right Vox requests names of gender-violence workers in Andalusia

Eva Saiz/Pilar Álvarez|Seville / Madrid | 22-02-2019 - 16:39 UTC

The party claims it has seen complaints that some government employees are unqualified to shape decisions on child custody and abuse

ADOPTION IN SPAIN

In Spain, international adoptions plunge while surrogacy grows

Pilar Álvarez|Madrid | 30-01-2019 - 11:40 UTC

The long process and greater restrictions are pushing some couples to go abroad in search of a service that is illegal back home

Crime

Convicted wife-killer murders his lover: the lawyer who secured his early release

Pilar Álvarez/Óscar López-Fonseca|Zaragoza / Madrid | 22-01-2019 - 07:43 UTC

Rebeca Santamalia, a respected attorney in Zaragoza, Spain, had been romantically involved with Salvador Calvo, who jumped off a bridge after stabbing her to death

WOMEN’s rights

Spain’s feminist groups mobilizing for battle against far-right Vox party

Pilar Álvarez/Eva Saiz|Madrid / Seville | 08-01-2019 - 11:19 UTC

Main associations will issue a joint manifesto and organize street marches in the coming days

PROSTITUTION

Spain tries ‘Swedish model’ to address prostitution’s legal limbo

Isabel Valdés/Pilar Álvarez|Madrid | 07-12-2018 - 10:05 UTC

Socialist government is drafting a bill targeting the demand side, with punishment for those who purchase sex

PROSTITUTION

Study: Prostitutes in Spain punished more than their clients

Pilar Álvarez|Madrid | 02-11-2018 - 11:43 UTC

A report by the Autonomous University of Barcelona has revealed how victims of sex trafficking are being hurt by municipal rules

Violence against children

Pianist James Rhodes calls for longer statute of limitations for child abuse

Pilar Álvarez|Madrid | 17-09-2018 - 14:37 UTC

The British musician is leading the drive to push the Spanish government to deliver its promised law on crimes against minors

GENDER VIOLENCE

Spain’s deputy PM proposes “yes means yes” law for sexual assault cases

Pilar Álvarez|Madrid | 10-07-2018 - 13:01 UTC

Carmen Calvo, who is also equality minister, wants to avoid rulings being open to the interpretation of judges, as happened in the Sanfermines rape trial

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