Spain's Ministry of Equality Proposes Tougher Laws Against Vicarious Gender Violence
The Ministry of Equality, headed by Ana Redondo, has proposed a significant update to the law on gender violence. The Draft Organic Law seeks to classify vicarious violence as a specific crime, aiming to protect victims and advance the State Pact against Gender Violence.
Vicarious violence, defined as violence exercised against a woman by her partner or ex-partner through an intermediary child, will now face harsher penalties. These range from more than one year and six months to three years of imprisonment, along with accessory penalties such as the prohibition of possession and carrying of weapons for three to five years.
The Draft Organic Law also reforms several other laws, including the Civil Code and the law on legal protection of children. It modifies Article 173 bis of the Penal Code to include a generic type of domestic violence with penalties ranging from six months and one day to three years of imprisonment.
The proposed law comes in response to alarming statistics. Since 2013, 63 children have been killed by their parents or the partners of their mothers in gender violence cases. In 2024 alone, nine children lost their lives in such circumstances. So far in 2025, three more children have been killed in these cases.
The Ministry of Equality's proposed law seeks to define and classify vicarious violence, providing stronger legal protections for victims. If passed, it will update the organic law 1/2004 on gender violence and help advance the State Pact against Gender Violence.
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