Spanish Congress: approval of the Law of Equality

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Spanish Congress: approval of the Law of Equality

Collection title

La nit al dia

ID

TV300076

Source

TV3 (ES)

First broadcast date

03/15/2007

Production year

2007

Abstract

The Spanish Congress of Deputies approved the Law of Equality Between Men and Women. The Popular Party (PP) abstained from voting because they consider it to be a law of quotas, not of equal opportunities. The rest of the parties supported the law in spite of the fact that some; ERC, EU-Iniciative and CIU; felt that it fell short in certain areas, such as paternity leave. The main points of the law are: 15 days of paternity leave, in cases of premature births or a newborn’s need for hospitalization; maternity leave begins when the child is realeased from the hospital; a minimum of 40% women on electoral lists in towns with populations of over 5000. The law will go into effect as soon as it is published in Spain’s Official State Bulletin. Workers with children under the age of 8 will have the right to reduce their workday from between one-eighth to one-half in order to care for their children. The law requires companies with more than 250 employees to negociate equality plans. Today the CSIC (Spanish Council for Scientific Research) released the results of a survey taken among 10 000 women. 60% believe that having children has been detrimental to their professional and work lives. According to them, the solution is to achieve parity in terms of family and household responsibilities. More than half of those surveyed do not believe this will happen.

Type

video

Production companies

  • TV3 - Own production

Broadcaster

TV3 - 33

Audiovisual form

News

Primary theme

Society and way of life

Secondary themes

  • Society and way of life / Women

Credits / Cast

  • Terribas Monica - Journalist

Period of events

  • 2007

Map locations

  • Spain - Centre - Madrid

Original language

Catalan

Media running time

2m31
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