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| Spanish deal to tackle gender-based violence | Spanish deal to tackle gender-based violence |
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| Spain's political parties are celebrating a "historic" €1bn (£895m; $1.2bn) five-year programme to tackle gender-based violence. | |
| The measures include providing victims of abuse with six months' unconditional unemployment benefit to give them a new start, and outlawing imprisoned abusers from being visited by their children. | The measures include providing victims of abuse with six months' unconditional unemployment benefit to give them a new start, and outlawing imprisoned abusers from being visited by their children. |
| The agreement was reached after six months and 66 expert hearings. | The agreement was reached after six months and 66 expert hearings. |
| Reports say 870 women died from gender-based violence between 2003 and 2016. | Reports say 870 women died from gender-based violence between 2003 and 2016. |
| So far in 2017, at least 31 women have died. | So far in 2017, at least 31 women have died. |
| Spanish politicians have pursued successive programmes to address the issue since 1997, when 60-year-old Ana Orantes was beaten, thrown over a balcony and then burned to death by her ex-husband after repeatedly complaining to authorities about his violent behaviour. | Spanish politicians have pursued successive programmes to address the issue since 1997, when 60-year-old Ana Orantes was beaten, thrown over a balcony and then burned to death by her ex-husband after repeatedly complaining to authorities about his violent behaviour. |
| She had been forced to divide her home with her husband on the order of a divorce court. | |
| Among the 200 measures that received parliamentary endorsement late on Monday are: | Among the 200 measures that received parliamentary endorsement late on Monday are: |
| A Congressional commission will monitor compliance with the programme. | |
| It was hailed as an "unprecedented event" by Javier Maroto, a leading figure in the ruling Popular Party. | It was hailed as an "unprecedented event" by Javier Maroto, a leading figure in the ruling Popular Party. |
| Although there was cross-party satisfaction at the agreement, there was some criticism that some of the measures did not go far enough from the Socialist PSOE and left-wing Podemos parties. |