News & Views Spain offers 17 weeks of paid parental leave to new parents Parents in Spain are entitled to 17 weeks paid parental leave, after the government approved a new measure to help enhance gender equality.
World Ursula von der Leyen re-elected as EU president for the next five years Ursula von der Leyen has been re-elected for a second term as head of the European Commission, the European Union’s (EU) executive body.
News & Views EU agrees on inaugural law to criminalise gender-based violence EU member countries agree on a law to criminalise various forms of violence against women, but stop short of defining rape.
News & Views Ursula von der Leyen launches €1 trillion ‘green deal’ to help EU go carbon neutral Under president Ursula von der Leyen’s leadership, the European Commission has unveiled an ambitious plan to support at least €1 trillion (AU$1.