Women's situation in Spain.

In the last 30 to 50 years, one of the aspects more evident in the changes of the in Spanish society is the role that play the women play. Great progress has been made in the field of education. Then Before, 10.04% of all  the feminine population were illiterate; today it is 0.38%. In relation with the secondary education another noticeable change can be seen: , since in the past a 7.89% of the women had access to it and now this rate has increased to a 62.89%. Over the time the amount of feminine students in the university has gone grown from a 3.80% to a 27.16%. The job market is surely where the change has been more most visible for the women. In that time, nearly nine million Spanish women have been incorporated into the world of work. Women held jobs that before they didn't. For example, in the field of public administration the increase of feminine presence is notable. The number of women working in the Congress, the Senate, and the Regional Parliaments has been increased eightfold. But it hasn't all been good for women in work, considering that the gender pay gap is still appreciable in some jobs. Other areas in which women has have experienced changes are the maternity or the and marriage. Not only has change the Birth rate, that has fallen from 1.94 to 1.37; but also the age at which women have children has risen to 31 years; . In regard to the marriage less women get married, and they do it later. If in 1985 the marriage rate was 5.20%, now it is 4.7%; the age of getting married has changed from between 20-24 to 25-29. Before, women couldn't divorce, but because of the divorce laws, approved in 1981, women were able to break a family life that they didn't want. This is evident by the fact that from 1983 to 2004 the number of separations increased by about 300%, and the divorces a to 172%. Further, a progress has been made in the distribution of the housework. While before mostly of women carried out the household chores, presently they are equally divided between men and women; the difference of time that each of them dedicatesd to home was five-and-a-half hours, and now is three hours.

Nice article. A lot has changed in the last 30 to 50 years, globally; not only in regards to women's rights, but in the way we treat those different from us; and even in our personal interactions. Of course, there is still a fight for equality in pay and access to education. Education seems to be the primary driver towards equality and better quality of life.