Exclusion of Women in Post-Socialist Countries

Agnieszka Kasińska-Metryka is Professor of Political Science at Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce, Poland, Vice President of CEPSA, and President of the Polish Political Marketing Association. She is a media expert and Polish researcher of political leadership, social communication, and women’s rights.Karolina Pałka-Suchojad is Vice-Director of the Institute of International Relations and Public Policies of the Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce, Poland, a member of the Polish Political Science Association (PPSA), and the Secretary of the Kielce branch of the PPSA.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part I: Multi-speed feminism.- Chapter 2: Multi-speed feminism - from theory to practice. Introductory remarks.- Part II: From tradition to populism - Exclusion areas of selected post-Soviet countries (political leadership, education and scientific development, pay gaps, social security, health care).- Chapter 3: Poland. Instrumentalizing Gender: Populist Politics and Women’s Rights in Poland after 1989.- Chapter 4: Czechia. Rocky road of Czech Women to emancipation.- Chapter 5: Hungary. Exclusion of Women as a Systemic Action.- Chapter 6: Slovakia. Between Declariation and Reality. Barriers to Gender Equality in Politics, Science and the Social Security System.- Chapter 7: Slovenia. Women in the World of Politics: More Than a Seat at the Table?.- Chapter 8: Belarus. Between the Word of Illusion and Reality: Women in Public Life in Belarus.- Chapter 9: Ukraine. The cultural, social and political factors affecting the status of women.- Part III: From helplessness to activity.- Chapter 10: From helplessness to activity. Women's disobedience and agency. From big politics through non-governmental organizations to social movements.- Chapter 11: Conclusions.