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Gender equality in employment in hungary and in some other eastern european countries

Laky, Terez
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Laky, Terez
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employees
feminist ethics
social policy
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Community ethics
Lifestyle ethics
Social ethics
Family ethics
Sexual orientation/gender
Education and ethics
Minority ethics
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Ethics and Sustainable Development Goals
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"Although in the period from 1990 to 2000 the male activity rates of the ex-socialist Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries still exceeded 70%, a significant part of the female population had either disappeared from the labour market through voluntary exit or exclusion, or had had no opportunity to enter it at all. The rate of women dependent on their family or on society is highest in Hungary: in 2000, 48% of women aged 15–64 was absent from the labour market. Similar developments, albeit on a smaller scale, occurred in the other ex-socialist countries as well and although the loss of the labour market position of women in the period from 1990 to 1997/98 came to a halt, it was replaced by stagnation rather than improvement.1 Stagnation was partly due to the recurrent waves of global economic recession. Hungary as well as many other countries considered it quite an achievement to keep employment level and prevent unemployment growth. (In Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, for example, the number of employed persons was lower in 2002 than in 1995.) Important as it is, the global economic context is not the sole explanation of the current state of affairs: the employment situation of women in the CEE countries is strongly affected by the absence of/delay in national measures to trigger changes and adjust to the new economic requirements – although improvement in this respect is an unquestioned priority and a permanent agenda item everywhere. The CEE countries are active in many areas, in close co-operation with international organisations fighting for the assertion of human rights, to ensure gender equality and prevent all forms of discrimination against women.2 Interest in such activities escalated after the Beijing World Conference of 19953, and the countries concerned, including Hungary, reported significant achievements in diverse areas. Unfortunately, employment was not one of the success stories."(pg 3)
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2004-04
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