Spain’s ruling socialist party, which has been battered by a barrage of corruption allegations and political setbacks , is scrambling to reassert its feminist credentials after being accused of failing to act on sexual misconduct by senior men in the party.

Pedro Sánchez appointed 11 women and six men to his cabinet when he became prime minister in 2018, saying his Spanish Socialist Workers’ party (PSOE) was “unmistakably committed to equality” and to reflecting recent changes in Spanish society.

But seven years on a slew of allegations of sexual harassment – and the PSOE’s response to them – have led some women in the party to call for urgent action.

The party’s travails date back to July, when Francisco Salazar , who had overseen institutional coordination at the Moncloa palace

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