UGT report claims that women earn over 500 euros less per month than men
Labor union report also finds it would take about 350 years for pay gap to be neutralized
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180 scientists talk to 15,000 schoolchildren about importance of women in science
The second edition of the '100tífiques' initiative aims to get young people, especially girls, interested in a scientific career
Why are female footballers going on strike in Spain's top league?
More than 90% of voting players backed the strike, which will be the first in women’s soccer in Spain
Third rape in four days as protests continue in Gràcia
150 people took to the streets of Gràcia again on Thursday night
Women still struggle for gender equality in Catalan politics
Monday's parliamentary initiative shows that female representation in public institutions is growing, but full parity is some way off
Only 12% of Catalan firms comply with equality laws, says report
Barcelona Chamber of Commerce watchdog study finds women make up 31% of management positions
Parliament denounces verdict of ‘La Manada’ case as ‘disgraceful’
Declaration made on Friday vows to defend the “integrity” of women
Barcelona cultural programme made up of only 32% works by women
Council aims for more equality in culture activities
Project aims to encourage more girls to study science
Only 23% of people with degree in science are female, according to university
Government to grant asylum to ten Kurdish migrants found in lorry
Ten Kurdish people from Iran were found this morning hidden in a lorry in Lliçà d’Amunt, a village 30 kilometres from Barcelona, during a delivery route. According to the Catalan Secretary for Equality, Migration and Citizenship, Oriol Amorós, they are four minors, an adult woman and five adult men who had probably paid somebody to take them to England. Although Amorós said that “there are still doubts” about when they entered the lorry and what exactly their route was, the Government “will do everything in its power” to “give them asylum, regardless of their situation”. Moreover, bearing in mind that the migrants come from Iran, belong to the Kurdish minority and that “their human rights were being threatened”, they could have “recourse to the right of asylum and Catalonia would be able to take them in”.
Spain's “linguistic discrimination” debated in the European Committe on Civil Liberties for the first time
The situation of the Catalan language in the Spanish state has been debated, for the first time ever, in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament. This Thursday the European Language Equality Network (ELEN), Europe’s only international civil society organisation dedicated to the protection and promotion of regional, minority and endangered languages, warned of the “outrageous” discrimination regarding the use of Catalan in many spheres of public life in Spain. ELEN’s general secretary, Davyth Hicks, presented the latest report published by ‘Plataforma per la Llengua’ a non-governmental organisation that works to promote Catalan as a tool for social cohesion and stated that Spain is “violating the Charter of Fundamental Rights” and, therefore, called for proceedings against Spain for “linguistic discrimination”.