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| Mujeres Progresistas | |
|---|---|
| Name | Mujeres Progresistas |
| Native name | Mujeres Progresistas |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Madrid |
| Country | Spain |
| Ideology | Progressive feminism |
Mujeres Progresistas is a Spanish feminist organization founded in 1998 that advocates for women's rights, social justice, and progressive policy reform. The association collaborates with civil society, international institutions, and political movements to influence policy, raise public awareness, and deliver social programs. It operates within networks linking municipal councils, regional parliaments, and supranational bodies to advance gender equality and social inclusion.
Mujeres Progresistas emerged in the late 1990s against a backdrop of debates involving Feminism in Spain, Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, United Left (Spain), Podemos (Spanish political party), and municipal coalitions in Madrid and Barcelona. Founders included activists who had worked with Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Caritas Internationalis, and local chapters of Comisiones Obreras and Unión General de Trabajadores. The group built alliances with NGOs such as Oxfam, Save the Children, Plan International, and international networks including European Women's Lobby and United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. In the 2000s it campaigned alongside organizations like CEDAW Committee advocates, linked to initiatives from Council of Europe and European Commission directives on anti-discrimination. During the 2010s Mujeres Progresistas participated in protests referenced by commentators alongside demonstrations around the 15-M Movement, the Gabon protests context, and alliances with groups active during the Istanbul Convention ratification debates. Its history intersects with municipal reforms influenced by figures associated with Ada Colau, Manuela Carmena, Pedro Sánchez, and parliamentarians from Ciudadanos (Spanish political party) and Vox (political party).
The organization frames its platform borrowing concepts debated by scholars of Judith Butler, activists linked to Gloria Steinem, and policy frameworks from United Nations Development Programme, UN Women, and World Health Organization. It articulates goals consistent with programs endorsed by European Parliament committees and regional legislatures in Catalonia, Andalusia, and the Basque Country. Mujeres Progresistas advocates legislative reforms akin to those pursued in debates over the Organic Law on Comprehensive Protection Measures against Gender Violence (Spain), gender parity rules discussed in Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and social protections referenced by International Labour Organization standards. Its agenda aligns with campaigns similar to those run by Make Mothers Matter, Equality Now, and parliamentary caucuses like the Women’s Parliamentary Caucus (Spain).
The association is organized into local chapters in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza, and Bilbao, coordinated by a national secretariat and advisory board with ties to academics from Complutense University of Madrid, University of Barcelona, Autonomous University of Madrid, and public intellectuals who have collaborated with Casa de América and think tanks such as Elcano Royal Institute and Fundación Alternativas. Leadership has included former municipal councillors, trade unionists from UGT, and legal scholars who have testified before committees of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate of Spain. Strategic partners have included foundations like Fundación ONCE, Fundación La Caixa, and international donors connected to the European Foundation Centre and philanthropic arms of Ford Foundation and Open Society Foundations.
Programs run by Mujeres Progresistas encompass legal aid clinics modeled after services in Barceló Legal Aid initiatives, educational workshops inspired by curricula from UNESCO, and public campaigns referencing commemorations such as International Women's Day and observances linked to the Beijing Declaration. It organizes conferences with speakers drawn from institutions like Instituto de la Mujer (Spain), European Institute for Gender Equality, and university departments in collaboration with cultural venues such as Teatro Real and media outlets including El País, El Mundo, La Vanguardia, and ABC. Projects include vocational training partnerships with local employment programs, research collaborations with Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and policy briefs circulated to committees of the European Parliament and delegations to the United Nations General Assembly.
Mujeres Progresistas has engaged in electoral advocacy by supporting candidates and platforms aligned with parity laws, interacting with parties across the spectrum including PSOE, Podemos, Ciudadanos, and occasionally engaging policy debates with representatives from Vox (political party). Its lobbying has targeted municipal ordinances in Madrid City Council, Barcelona City Council, and regional governments in Comunidad Valenciana and Junta de Andalucía, influencing gender quotas, equal pay measures, and anti-violence provisions discussed in sessions of the Cortes Generales. The organization has submitted position papers to parliamentary committees and provided expert witnesses in hearings alongside scholars from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and advocates from European Women’s Lobby delegations.
Critics have accused the group of partisanship when it endorsed specific platforms during municipal elections, prompting responses from commentators at El País, El Mundo, and thinkers associated with Civismo and Fundación para el Análisis y los Estudios Sociales. Debates have arisen over its alliances with international funders connected to Open Society Foundations and policy positions contested by conservative organizations affiliated with HazteOir and critics in the Congress of Deputies. Internal disputes over strategy led to resignations reported by regional press in Catalonia and Andalusia and academic critiques published by scholars at University of Salamanca and Pompeu Fabra University.
Category:Feminist organisations in Spain