Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in more than 40 cities in Spain to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25. The largest demonstrations took place in the capital Madrid and Barcelona.
The Madrid demonstration was attended by the Minister of Equality Ana Redondo, the Minister of Housing Isabel Rodriguez, the Minister of Social Welfare, Integration and Migration Elma Saiz, as well as the President of the Congress of Deputies Francine Armengol.
Minister Redondo, in a statement to the press, accused the far-right party Vox of “denying violence against women” and the main opposition the center-right People’s Party (PP) – in refusing a unified position on combating violence against women in those regions and municipalities where the PP is in power. Ultra-left groups held a separate march in Madrid along a different route.
In Seville, Valencia, Palma, Bilbao and dozens of other cities in the country, slogans were heard: “Being born a woman should not cost us our lives,” “Denial is complicity,” and “Long live the feminist struggle!” There has also been criticism of right-wing and far-right parties.
Since the beginning of 2025, 38 women have already been killed in Spain as a result of gender-based violence. Since 2003, when official statistics began to be kept, the total number of women killed at the hands of men has reached 1,333. According to the Ministry of the Interior, an average of 570 reports of violence against women are registered every day in Spain.