Achieving equality between the genders and empowering all women and girls

Spain is a reference country regarding legislation for gender equality with the Organic Law 3/2007, of the 22nd of March, for the effective equality of men and women. For many years, the Fundación Espriu has been committed to equality, with specific plans in all its centres. It also applies work and family conciliation policies for its workers and collaborators, 75.5% of whom are women. The cooperative Scias, specifically, “has an internal regime regulation for the work members that contains internal regulations regarding labour relations, which contemplate steps aimed at promoting gender equality, non-discrimination and conciliation of the working and personal lives of the worker members,” the manager of Scias and of the Hospital de Barcelona, Daniel Ramia explains.

Gender equality continues to be an outstanding issue. The UN denounces that the gender wage gap is 23% and it affirms that if steps are not taken, almost 70 years will be needed to reach wage equality.•