women and politics

Czy udział kobiet w czynnościach zbrojnych to sukces czy porażka feminizmu? Czy krytykę przemocy należy przerwać na czas konfliktów między narodami, tak, aby nie osłabiać pozycji „swoich” wobec „przeciwnika”? Czy kobiety mogą wyzwolić świat z nacisku przemocy? Te i inne pytania dyskutowaliśmy na naszych Międzynarodowych Warsztatach Genderowych z działaczkami i ekspertkami w Lwowie.  

The Heinrich Böll Foundation in Warsaw is honoured to congratulate Professor Małgorzata Fuszara on becoming Goverment Plentipotentiary for Equal Treatment. May energy and satisfaction provide her with energy necessary to mainstream gender equality policies in Poland. Given our long cooperation, we wish to present again an interview with Professor Fuszara about the Congress of Women, political representation and quotas.

In Slovakia, as well as in Poland, there was a lack of women’s voices during the official celebration of the 20th anniversary of democratic changes last year. It was the reason why Ingrid Hrubaničová, a Slovakian actress and writer, who had been touched by the absence of women decided to publish an Open Letter to Potential Women of November in the main daily newspaper “SME”. She appealed to those women who participated in the Velvet Revolution asking them to speak about their experiences during the memorable events in November 1989. She also encouraged the female journalists to fill the gap and efface “white spots” of history and to present female engagement in the democratic changes.