[Ticker] Spain’s top court: short women can be cops too

EU Reporter

Shorter women will be able to join Spain’s police forces after the country’s top court ruled Monday that a minimum 1.61 metre height requirement for female officers is discriminatory, Reuters reported. The case was filed by a woman who was barred from the selection tests in 2017 because she was four cm shorter. 25 percent of women are below the threshold, while three percent of Spanish men are below it.