Among those Spanish respondents, who believed that the law against gender based violence in 2020 was not enough to fight the problem, approximately 40 percent claimed that sentences and laws should become more stringent. Around 16 percent asserted that more protection should be given to women. According to the Spanish Ministry of Equality, of the 55 women killed due to gender violence in Spain the previous year, 20 percent had reported the aggressor, down from 29 percent in 2018.
Opinions on what should be done to fight against gender based violence in Spain as of February 2020
Characteristic
Percent of respondents
Toughen laws/sentences
40.2%
More education/education on equality/education for men
23.8%
More protection for complainants/more police protection for women
16.3%
Improve/modify the law
8.6%
More equality between men and women
5.2%
Improvements in the Justice Administration. Law enhancement
5.1%
More budget, economic/social aid
4.7%
Presumption of innocence for men/same sentences for men and women
*Question posed only to respondents that previously answered that gender-based violence was a worrisome problem for the Spanish society and that the current law against gender based violence was not enough.
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Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. (February 18, 2020). Opinions on what should be done to fight against gender based violence in Spain as of February 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1253936/opinion-what-should-done-to-fight-against-gender-based-violence-spain/
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