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The status of women in Spain has evolved from the country's earliest history, culture, and social norms. Throughout the late 20th century, Spain has undergone a transition from Francoist Spain (1939-1975), during which women's rights were severely restricted, to a democratic society where gender equality is a fundamental principle.
This document returned Spain to being a country where women were guaranteed full equal rights under the law. Reforms in the post-Francoist period saw the Catholic Church lose official status in government, the age of legal majority moved from 21 to 18, and marriage defining men and women equally. [ 38 ]
In 1975, the permiso marital was abolished, improving the legal status of married women. [19] The 1978 Spanish constitution gave men and women equality under the law, effectively ending the Franco regime's system of guardianship for single women, and a new family law was enacted in 1981, giving married women full civil rights, and also ...
With some small towns excepted, the law requires political parties to field female candidates in at least 40% of the seats they contest. [2] The law also grants 15 days of paternity leave to new fathers. The April 2019 Spanish general election resulted in women comprising 47% of elected members of parliament. [3]
On 20 December 2013, the Government of Spain published its final draft law on abortion: Women undergoing abortion were to be considered "victims", and the practice would only be lawful in the case of rape or when there was a serious (but as yet undefined) health risk to the mother or the fetus. The likelihood of a child being born with ...
Irene Montero, Minister of Equality and a promoter of the law, said that the reduced sentences were because of sexist judges. [13] The CGPJ rejected this statement. [8] The Supreme Court of Spain upheld the reduced sentences as legal in December 2022, as it is "obligatory" to apply a new law retroactively if it is beneficial to the convict. [14]
This document returned Spain to being a country where women were guaranteed full equal rights under the law. Reforms in the post-Francoist period saw the Catholic Church lose official status in government, the age of legal majority moved from 21 to 18, and marriage defining men and women equally.
Guardianship in Francoist Spain (1939-1975) and the democratic transition (1975-1985) was a system which provided husbands and fathers with tremendous legal control over women. Male members of the family were able to transfer legal control of their daughters over to the state.