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Fifty-Four PSOE Feminists Press for 2026 Equality Conference, Cite Harassment Scandals

The manifesto invokes Article 48 to convene a partywide forum after years of waning influence for internal equality bodies.

Overview

  • The signatories ask the party to activate Article 48 to hold a 2026 Federal Conference on Equality with broad participation from feminist members and women’s organizations.
  • The letter is addressed to Organization Secretary Rebeca Torró and Equality Secretary Pilar Bernabé, with prominent backers including Ángeles Álvarez, Elena Valenciano, Rosa Conde, and Matilde Fernández.
  • The text accuses the leadership of sidelining feminist voices and reducing equality groups to spectators, while failing to counter aggressive online attacks or heed feminist objections to government measures.
  • Linking the demand to recent sexual harassment cases involving former PSOE officials, the manifesto urges investigations under internal rules and legal provisions and calls for explicit self-critique.
  • The authors warn that losing women’s trust could forfeit the party’s differential vote and caution about regression under far-right pressure, with no formal response from the leadership reported.