Women in Poland: Transition to Democracy and Stereotypes

Abstract

This chapter describes the situation of Polish women in the process of democratic transition in Poland. Its analysis includes the participation of women in political life, the activities of women's organizations, and the social situation of Polish women. The first part of this work concerns the period of real socialism; analyzes the main points of the media discussion about the problems of women in processes of democratization in 1989; the political system after 1989, including a possible guarantee in achieving the quota of female representation on electoral lists, which certainly will increase the political representation of women in Polish political institutions.

Citation

Sawa-Czajka, E. (2012), "Women in Poland: Transition to Democracy and Stereotypes", Wejnert, B. (Ed.) Linking Environment, Democracy and Gender (Research in Political Sociology, Vol. 20), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 105-123. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0895-9935(2012)0000020008