Editing Spain (section)

=== Human rights ===
{{Main|Human rights in Spain}}
{{See also|LGBT rights in Spain}}
The [[Spanish Constitution of 1978]] "protect all Spaniards and all the peoples of Spain in the exercise of human rights, their cultures and traditions, languages and institutions".{{sfn|Spanish Constitution|1978|loc=preamble}}

According to [[Amnesty International]] (AI), government investigations of alleged police abuses are often lengthy and punishments were light.<ref>[https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/europe-and-central-asia/spain/report-spain Spain 2015/2016] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808081615/https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/europe-and-central-asia/spain/report-spain/|date=8 August 2016 }} Amnesty International. Retrieved 22 June 2016.</ref> Violence against women was a problem, which the Government took steps to address.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://justiciadegenero.com/en/analysis-of-8-years-of-gender-violence-law-in-spain/|title=Analysis of 8 years of Gender Violence Law in Spain {{!}} Gender violence and justice|date=4 March 2015|publisher=justiciadegenero.com|access-date=9 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525185333/http://justiciadegenero.com/en/analysis-of-8-years-of-gender-violence-law-in-spain/|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/11/25/inenglish/1448449401_599926.html|title=The successes and failures of Spain's fight against domestic abuse|last=Rincón|first=Reyes|date=25 November 2015|work=EL PAÍS|access-date=9 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525190421/http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/11/25/inenglish/1448449401_599926.html|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>

Spain provides one of the highest degrees of liberty in the world for its [[LGBT]] community. Among the countries studied by [[Pew Research Center|Pew Research]] in 2013, Spain is rated first in acceptance of homosexuality, with 88% of those surveyed saying that homosexuality should be accepted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pewglobal.org/2013/06/04/global-acceptance-of-homosexuality/|title=Global Acceptance of Homosexuality|date=4 June 2013|publisher=[[Pew Research Center]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110051728/http://www.pewglobal.org/2013/06/04/global-acceptance-of-homosexuality/|archive-date=10 November 2014}}</ref>

The Cortes Generales approved the ''Gender Equality Act'' in 2007 aimed at furthering [[gender equality|equality between genders]] in Spanish political and economic life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2007/03/spain-no-turning-back-from-path-to-gender-equality/|title=SPAIN: No Turning Back from Path to Gender Equality|publisher=Ipsnews.net|date=15 March 2007|access-date=5 May 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419015814/http://www.ipsnews.net/2007/03/spain-no-turning-back-from-path-to-gender-equality/|archive-date=19 April 2014 }}</ref> According to [[Inter-Parliamentary Union]] data as of 1 September 2018, 137 of the 350 members of the Congress were women (39.1%), while in the Senate, there were 101 women out of 266 (39.9%), placing Spain 16th on their list of countries ranked by proportion of women in the [[Lower House|lower]] (or [[Unicameral|single]]) House.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm|title=Women in National Parliaments|publisher=Ipu.org|date=28 February 2010|access-date=1 May 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328105108/http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/classif.htm|archive-date=28 March 2014 }}</ref> The [[Gender Empowerment Measure]] of Spain in the United Nations [[Human Development Report]] is 0.794, 12th in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_20072008_EN_Complete.pdf|title=Human Development Report 2007/2008|page=330|publisher=Hdr.undp.org|access-date=18 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429033726/http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_20072008_EN_Complete.pdf|archive-date=29 April 2011 }}</ref>