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SPAIN - IMPACT OF AUSTERITY & RECESSION ON SPANISH WOMEN

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http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/id/10701.pdf

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               Spain’s ranking in the Global Gender Gap Index dropped 14
places this year: from place 12 to 26. This disheartening statistic
indicates that the austerity policies implemented by the Spanish government
not only have an economic impact on citizens’ lives, but a gender and social
one, too. In Spain, austerity policies have gone hand in hand with an
erosion of democratic procedures and a return of women to ›traditional
female positions.