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Andalusian wage gap revealed as women earn an average of 6,000 euros a year less than men

JOSÉ LUIS PIEDRA

Minister of Equality stated that "the wage gap is a measurable and quantifiable reality that directly affects women and girls around the world”. Ruiz stressed that "various international organisations, such as UN Women, have pointed to an increase in ... inequalities and gender gaps due to the health, economic and social crisis caused by Covid-19" and added that "achieving equal pay is a major challenge to be able to enjoy the human rights of women and girls”. The Andalusian Institute for Women (IAM) has

Opinion

Why does having children affect women's careers and not men's?

ANA BARREALES

Apparently not, because they are still the ones who hold the top posts in those fields. Last week was International Day of Women and Girls in Science, and to mark the occasion Malaga university issued a press release about how the presence of women is

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‘Powder-throwing’ from home - pandemic won’t stop Carnival in Tolox

andrea Jiménez

...winners. In years gone by, young men in the village would throw flour at their girlfriends as a proposal of marriage. Girls who did not wish to be covered in flour would stay in their homes, causing the men to come up with creative solutions to reach

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The glamour of the revolutionaries

Isabel Ibáñez

...clashed with his ideals. In Spain, there were the 'chicas Topolino', girls from rich families of the Salamanca neighbourhood of Madrid, nicknamed as such either because they drove Fiat 500s (also called 'topolinos') or because of some huge soled shoes ... they were perceived as rebels. In the words of writer Carmen Martín Gaite, "Those scatter-brained girls were out of tune with a society that urged women to stay in the background, not to progress in any way and not to attract attention." Modette. ... Continuing with the trends, rock and roll triumphed in the 50s and the 'teddy girls' emerged and they evolved into girl 'rockers'. The former, the author explains, “made their own jackets and wore shirts and scarves tied around their necks, stole their

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Gardener accused of starting great Costa fire of 2012 faces seven years in jail

JUAN CANO / ÁLVARO FRÍAS

It became known as the Great Fire of the Costa del Sol. In 2012, its flames spread across 8,582 hectares of land between the municipalities of Coín and Ojén. Two people died and three were injured, including two girls, and the blaze caused nearly 40

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Hundreds of girls are at risk of genital mutilation in Malaga province

ANA PÉREZ-BRYAN / JUAN CANO

...because it's the tradition." "I didn't know that some girls die. Sometimes you hear that someone has died, but not from that... they tell you it was something else." This is not Africa. These are real comments from women who were born on that ... "In Malaga province there are about 500 girls aged between four and 12 who are at risk of ablation; and more than 300 of them live in Malaga city," he says. He is referring to girls who have come with their families from other countries, not those ... that implies, not only for those who have been mutilated before coming here, but for the young girls who grow up with these traditions. Their call for attention has been heard by the provincial committee against Gender Violence, including Dr Carmen

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Horse rescued with the help of ARCH is now part of the Iglesias family

SUR IN ENGLISH

...family home near Marbella, they arranged a visit to the rescue centre and since then they have been generous donors. This summer the girls went one step further, offering to foster one of the rescued horses and help with training before finding a

What to do

Marilyn Manson's Malaga show

Antonio Javier López

Led Zeppelin, Coldplay, Damien Hirst, David Beckham, the Spice Girls, Tracey Emin and U2. However, Perou says he has spent much more time on Marilyn Manson than any of them. "Probably every photographer who takes pictures of bands wants to be in a

Education

The best primary poems

...tap.  A girl plays outside. She looks like the little girl’s sister.    She slumps.  Her happiness dissolves. Her hands clench tight around her mum.    Tears drip from her eyes  onto her nose and land on her mum’s arm. Tears are

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Pandemic leaves flamenco forlorn

REGINA SOTORRÍO

...the place with no controls," he says. In the summer there are often cheap shows in village squares and hotels employ students to entertain their guests. "So clients go away thinking flamenco is two girls dancing to recorded music. You have to see