The Policy on Gender Equality in Poland - Update March 2015
Upon request of the FEMM committee, this in-depth analysis presents a review of the most important legislation, institutional arrangements and policy programs with regard to gender equality in Poland. In particular, the following policy fields are covered: women in political decision-making, reproductive rights, trafficking in human beings and domestic violence, access to different forms of employment, as well as the policies addressing the reconciliation of work and family life. The final section describes the problem of public attitudes towards gender and gives examples of programs aimed at counteracting gender stereotypes.
In-Depth Analysis
External author
Dorota Szelewa (Institute of Social Policy, Warsaw University and ICRA Foundation, Warsaw, Poland)
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- child care
- criminal law
- domestic violence
- economic geography
- employment
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- equal pay
- Europe
- family
- family planning
- female work
- gender equality
- GEOGRAPHY
- health
- job access
- labour market
- LAW
- parental leave
- personnel management and staff remuneration
- Poland
- political geography
- political involvement
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- position of women
- reproductive health
- rights and freedoms
- social affairs
- social protection
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- trafficking in human beings