Women in Poland

  The communist era gave women the same legal rights. The official government's rhetoric favored equality of gender in communist nations. The communist regime witnessed significant changes for women, such as more education opportunities and an equal opportunity to work. The improvement to women's conditions during the communist era was significantly influenced by the socialist pro-birth position, seeking an increase in the population.Pro-natalist policies were implemented by "generous maternity leave benefits and state contributions to child rearing".After martial law in Poland, the first publications discussing feminist ideas appeared in the public sphere, which were sometimes considered cover for the actual social situation. A majority of the population believed that feminism was a concept that was foreign to Polish society and culture. Communist leaders believed that women in Poland were equal in rights because of socialistic processes. They used this argument to justify the reason Poland did not have feminism.