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Spanish feminists take on Podemos: “There are feminists in Podemos too”

Just as women in Izquierda Unida, a Spanish left wing political coalition, have published a statement against proposed gender self-ID legislation; women in Podemos, a Spanish left wing party...

Reclaiming feminism – a statement by Izquierda Unida

Izquierda Unida (United Left) is a Spanish coalition bringing together various left wing parties including the Communist Party of Spain. The following open letter was published in March 2021.

An effigy of Carmen Calvo, the Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, hangs from a tree

Condemn the violent threat made against Carmen Calvo – an open letter

WPUK has joined with 13 other organisations to call on all the major political party leaders in the UK to condemn the violent threat made against the Spanish Deputy...

Against the erasure of women: interview with Spanish feminist and politician Angeles Álvarez

We are delighted to feature an interview with Spanish feminist and socialist politician Angeles Alvarez. Born in Zamora in 1961, she was a PSOE (the Partido Socialista Obrero Español,...

Statement by the Spanish Socialist Party on Sex-Based Rights and “Theories Which Erase Women”

NOTE: This is a translation of a statement by the Spanish Socialist Party. The definitions used in the piece do not necessarily align with those used by this campaign...

Expelled by the left: the case of the Spanish Feminist Party

Raquel Rosario Sánchez is a writer, campaigner and researcher from the Dominican Republic. She specialises in ending male violence against girls and women and is currently pursuing a PhD...

Solidarity with the Spanish Feminist Party/Mensaje de Solidaridad con el Partido Feminista de España

We are alarmed by the expulsion of the Spanish Feminist Party from the left-wing coalition block Izquierda Unida this week because of disagreements about plans to support self-ID. This...

“Femininity is a reactionary ideology. It has nothing to do with the rights and interests of women”: Tasia Aránguez Sánchez

This article is part of a series of interviews featuring international perspectives on the ramifications of the concept of ‘gender identity’ within public policy. We are grateful to all...

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