Note
Spanish Congress: approval of the Law of Equality |
Collection title
La nit al diaID
TV300076Source
TV3 (ES)First broadcast date
03/15/2007Production year
2007Abstract
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
videoProduction companies
- TV3 - Own production
Broadcaster
TV3 - 33Audiovisual form
NewsPrimary theme
Society and way of lifeSecondary themes
- Society and way of life / Women
Credits / Cast
- Terribas Monica - Journalist
Period of events
- 2007
Map locations
- Spain - Centre - Madrid
Original language
CatalanMedia running time
2m31
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