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Date Published: 25/08/2022

ARCHIVED - Spain finally votes on sexual equality bill two months late

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The ‘Only Yes is Yes’ law reforms the notion of consent in Spain and guarantees sexual freedom

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Spain finally votes on sexual equality bill two months late

After receiving approval almost two months ago, Spain’s ground-breaking sexual equality bill, more commonly known as the ‘Only Yes in Yes’ law (Solo Sí es Sí), is finally set to be approved on Thursday August 25 after a dispute over a single word delayed the passing of the entire bill.

The law is the brainchild of the Ministry of Equality and one of the major changes involves modifying the Penal Code so that no distinction is made between abuse and sexual assault. Sexually-based crimes will also be easier to prosecute as express consent has to be proven, without the need for the victim to be put through the trauma of testifying.

“It will only be understood that there is consent when it has been freely expressed through acts that, in view of the circumstances of the case, clearly express the will of the person,” the article establishes.

The new law guarantees comprehensive assistance to victims of sexual crimes and includes measures to improve the prevention and detection of these cases. In addition, sentences of between one and three months will be issued to anyone caught forwarding images of videos of a sensitive nature without consent, and minors who commit sexual crimes will have to take part in education and gender equality training programs.

Although a more comprehensive prostitution bill is in the pipeline, the ‘Only Yes is Yes’ law serves to prohibit advertising that is seen to promote the practice, and irregular immigrants who are victims of trafficking will be given the right to wok and live in Spain, always within the framework of the current regulations.

Also of interest: Catalonia launches campaign for the right of women to go topless

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