Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday announced a gender equality law that will require more equal representation of women and men in politics, business and other spheres of public life.
The Equal Representation Law will apply gender parity measures to electoral lists, the boards of directors of big companies and governing boards of professional associations.
Sanchez made the announcement during a Socialist party rally ahead of International Women's Day on March 8. It will be approved during Tuesday's cabinet meeting before going for debate in parliament. He said the government was "not only taking a step in favour of feminism, but in favour of Spanish society as a whole".
It is the latest in a series of equality measures announced by the leftist coalition government. In December, lawmakers passed a
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