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Saturday, May 26, 2007
Elections test Spain's new gender-parity law
The new Law of Equality was passed in April to rectify persistent gender inequalities in Spain and, amongst other provisions, requires political parties to present electoral lists in which neither sex holds more than 60 percent of the slots.
One of the groups least happy with the new law is the Popular Party's electoral slate for the Canary Islands town of Garachico. All of the candidates on the list are female, but because the legislation says that no gender can hold more than 60 percent of the spots, the Garachico slate looks to be illegal.
Elections test Spain's new gender-parity law
