MADRID – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday announced a gender equality law that will require more equal representation of women and men in politics, business and other spheres of public life.
Mr Sanchez made the announcement during a Socialist party rally ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8.He said the government was “not only taking a step in favour of feminism, but in favour of Spanish society as a whole”.In December, lawmakers passed a transgender rights bill, as well as a pioneering law covering sexual and reproductive health that, in a first for a European country, offered state-funded paid leave for women who suffer from painful periods.
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