What is more important than salary? Flexibility, short commutes, and a good
working environment... although the biggest difference emerges when safety
against harassment comes into play.
The study confirms that primary healthcare could be a key area for the
detection of gender-based violence. However, many victims do not go to
health services after suffering an episode of violence, which makes it
difficult to identify numerous cases.
According to this study, 7 out of 10 adolescents were subjected to sexual
comments and insults. Sexual aggression rates among boys doubled those
among girls, both in person and online.
The cheque bebé was a payment designed to incentivise the birth rate,
however its effect was limited. Although it helped some families to decide,
difficulty in reconciling work and motherhood has continued to be the main
obstacle to having more children.
Work-life balance policies that strengthen job stability can contribute to
increasing fertility by improving compatibility between work and
motherhood, but they also pose challenges for female recruitment.
Households in Spain and Portugal underwent significant change between 1991
and 2022. This report shows how the average household size has decreased,
the number of single-person households has increased, and shared living
structures have undergone transformation according to age and gender.