Gender equality, rights on agenda on International Women's Day

Campaigners for gender equality marked International Women's Day on Friday ...

- Campaigners for gender equality marked International Women’s Day on Friday with protests, discussion panels and celebrations.

Gender inequality has become a deeply divisive issue in Spain ahead of its April 28 parliamentary election. A new far-right party, Vox, which opinion polls show winning seats, has called for the scrapping of a landmark law on gender violence. Many wore purple - on jackets, trousers and bags - a symbolic color used by women’s rights activists.

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