The highest-paid executives at Spain's 40 largest companies earned 111 times the average salary of their employees, who would have to work for a century to earn what these executives earned in a single year. This is according to the latest edition of the report. Wage gaps in large companiesA report published this Tuesday by Oxfam Intermón delves into the "abysmal" wage gap perpetuated by the country's largest corporations. Despite the growth of the Spanish economy in recent years—GDP has rebounded by an average of 4.74% since 2020—the organization criticizes the fact that this prosperity has not reached the pockets of many citizens. Almost one in three believe their current income does not allow them to live a decent life. In fact, half of all salaried workers earn at most 1.5 times the national minimum wage (SMI), which is currently €1,184 gross per month, paid in 14 installments. Although employees of large companies earn 63% more than the national average, the report emphasizes that it is in these companies where pay disparities skyrocket, "due to the exorbitant salaries of their top executives."

Oxfam Intermón Trailwalker, the world's largest team-based sporting and charitable event, celebrates its 15th anniversary in 2026. On April 18th and 19th, the Girona Greenway will once again be the setting for four different distances, where thousands of participants will walk to raise funds.

In many homes, families must scramble to make ends meet, and the precarious situation of jobs and insufficient income often leads to daily sacrifices. One of the biggest cuts is in the shopping basket: six out of ten residents admit to having cut back on food spending by choosing products on sale or reducing their consumption of meat, fish, or fruit. This is evidenced by Living inequality 2025, the report published this Tuesday by Oxfam Intermón on inequalities in Spain.

Franc Cortada has been working in the field of cooperation for over twenty-five years and has been the Executive Director of Oxfam Intermón for five years. But neither his years of experience nor the increasingly adverse context for humanitarian work have diminished his enthusiasm for his work. He recently participated in the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development, which closed this Thursday and brought together UN governments for four days—with the notable exception of Washington—to address the necessary reform of the global humanitarian aid system, in the context of the cuts imposed by Donald Trump on US cooperation, which until now had been the main contributor.

According to data from the INE, in 2050 the Spanish population over 65 years old will represent more than 30% of the total, with the arrival of the generation of baby boom. This aging population will also increase the dependency rate and the need for resources—both financial and human—to care for these people. While, traditionally, elder care and household chores have been assumed by the family unit, especially women, the hiring of external workers to perform this work is becoming more widespread. Spain is the European Union (EU) country with the most female employees in this sector, accounting for 34.5% of the region as a whole.