Equality tools
Gender equality is a universal legal principle included in article 14 of the 1978 Constitution, which proclaims the right to equality and non-discrimination on the basis of sex, and in article 9.2, which establishes the obligation of public powers to promote the conditions so that the equality of the individual and the groups in which they are integrated is real and effective.
The full recognition of formal equality before the law was completed with the approval of Organic Law 3/2007, of March 22, on effective equality between women and men. Article 45.1 of this law obliges institutions to adopt measures aimed at avoiding any type of employment discrimination between women and men, measures that must be negotiated, and where appropriate, agreed upon, with the legal representation of the workers.
Therefore, in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree-Law 6/2019, of March 1, on urgent measures to guarantee equal treatment and opportunities between women and men in employment and occupation, the Autonomous Body National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA) has its Equality Plan 2022-2025, whose general objective is to guarantee equal treatment and opportunities for women and men in access, selection, hiring, promotion , training, conciliation, occupational health, as well as preventing situations of sexual and/or gender-based harassment, and gender violence.
On this page you can consult the Equality Plan and the different documents that have emerged from it.
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ANECA has an Equality Plan, fundamental to its labor relations, which seeks to guarantee equal treatment and opportunities in access, selection, hiring, promotion, training, conciliation and occupational health, as well as prevent situations of sexual and/or sex-based harassment and gender violence.
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Resolution regarding the adaptation to the scope of ANECA of the Protocol for action against sexual harassment and harassment based on sex, approved by Royal Decree 247/2024 of March 8.
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Resolution R1610/2023 of the Director of ANECA, regarding instructions for the inclusion of social clauses and criteria from a gender perspective in contracting files.
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ANECA, given its institutional responsibility, establishes specific measures within its scope of action in its different evaluation and accreditation programs for teaching staff, research staff, teaching and institutions, to impact the Spanish university system and society in general and thus accelerate progress towards effective equality.
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Resolution R1204/2024 of the Director of the Autonomous Body National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA), on the adaptation of the Action Protocol to the scope of ANECA against conduct that involves discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, sexual identity, gender expression, and/or Sexual characteristics.
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This report is the result of a joint initiative of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, ANECA and the Conference of Rectors (CRUE) with the main objective of determining the extent of the salary gap between women and men in Spanish public universities.
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Prepared within the framework of a contract between ANECA and the Fundación Universidad de A Coruña (FUAC), the main objective of this report is to provide a general overview of the Gender Salary Gap (GSG) in the remuneration of Teaching and Research Staff (PDI), based on the analysis of data provided by a group of universities that have participated voluntarily for this purpose.