Feminism in Poland describes a collection of movements in Poland working to expand gender equality. Although there are instances of feminist ideas in Poland–most prominently in the expansion of women’s rights under state socialism,the role of women in the fall of communism and the conservative revolution after 1989–feminism as a concept is primarily written off either as an individualistic Western ideal or part of communist ideology.
Robert Biedroń is a Polish politician,former mayor of Słupsk,and LGBT activist who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. He is the Chair of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) in the European Parliament.
Human rights in Poland are enumerated in the second chapter of its Constitution,ratified in 1997. Poland is a party to several international agreements relevant to human rights,including the European Convention on Human Rights,the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,the Helsinki Accords,the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,the International Covenant on Economic,Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Abortion in Poland is illegal except in cases where the pregnancy is a result of a criminal act or when the woman's life or health is in danger. The last change in the Act on Pregnancy Planning of the Republic of Poland took place on 27 January 2021,when publication of the judgment of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal in the Dziennik Ustaw RP took place.
Presidential elections were held in Poland on 10 and 24 May 2015. In the first round of voting Law and Justice (PiS) candidate,lawyer and Member of the European Parliament,Andrzej Duda received the greatest number of votes with a share of 34.76%,followed by incumbent president Bronisław Komorowski,who ran as an independent with the endorsement of the Civic Platform (PO),which he had renounced his membership in after winning the 2010 elections. Independent candidate PawełKukiz came third with 20.80% of the votes. As no candidate had received more than 50% of the votes cast,a second round was held on 24 May between the two highest-placed candidates,Duda and Komorowski. This round was won by Duda with 51.5% of the votes,to Komorowski's 48.5%.
Barbara Anna Nowacka is a Polish politician who has served as Minister of National Education since December 2023. In October 2015 she became leader of the United Left coalition for the 2015 Polish parliamentary election,bringing together Labour Union,Your Movement,the Democratic Left Alliance,the Greens,and the Polish Socialist Party. Nowacka is the daughter of the late Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Social Policy Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka. Since 2016 she has been the leader of the Polish Initiative.
The Confederation Liberty and Independence,frequently shortened to just Confederation,is a far-right political alliance in Poland. It was initially founded in 2018 as a political coalition for the 2019 European Parliament election in Poland,although it was later expanded into a political party in order to circumvent the 8% vote threshold for coalitions to enter the national parliament. It won 11 seats in the Sejm after the 2019 Polish parliamentary election. Its candidate for the 2020 Polish presidential election was Krzysztof Bosak,who placed fourth among eleven candidates.
The Left is a political alliance in Poland. Initially founded to contest the 2019 parliamentary election,the alliance now consists of the New Left and other smaller parties.
Anna Maria Żukowska is a Polish politician and jurist. Since 2019,she has been a member of the Sejm. She is a member of the New Left party and leader of The Left parliamentary group.
Krystyna Anna Kacpura is the Executive Director of the Federation for Women and Family Planning,a member of the Sexual Rights Initiative,European Society for Contraception and Reproductive Rights,and the Programme Council of the Congress of Polish Women.
Sylwia Iwona Spurek is a Polish lawyer,as well as a social and political activist. A doctor of law,lecturer,solicitor,and legislator,she specialises in criminal law. Spurek is a member of the Polish Society of Anti-Discrimination Law and the Polish Legislative Society. From 2019 to 2024 she served as a Member of the European Parliament.
The 2020–2021 women's strike protests in Poland,commonly called the Women's Strike,were anti-government demonstrations and protests in Poland that began on 22 October 2020,in reaction to a ruling of the Constitutional Tribunal,mainly consisting of judges who were appointed by the ruling Law and Justice dominated United Right,which tightened the law on abortion in Poland. The ruling made almost all cases of abortion illegal,including those cases in which the foetus had a severe and permanent disability,or an incurable and life-threatening disease. All-Poland Women's Strike was charged by the authorities for having illegally organised the protests.
The All-Poland Women's Strike or Polish Women's Strike is a women's rights social movement in Poland,established in September 2016. It was set up in protest against the rejection by the Sejm of the Polish Parliament of the bill "Save Women",which was considered by the Sejm in parallel to the project "Stop Abortion". The movement was responsible for the organization of Black Monday,a protest action,involving various forms of strike,that took place simultaneously in 147 Polish cities,towns and villages.
Bożena Przyłuska is a Polish secularist activist who co-founded Secularity Congress. She became a founding member of the Consultative Council created on 1 November 2020 in the context of the October 2020 Polish protests.
Magdalena Agnieszka Biejat is a Polish politician and translator of Spanish-language literature. She was a member of the Sejm for Warsaw I between 2019 and 2023,when she was elected to Senate for the 45th district. Since 13 November 2023,she has served as a Deputy Marshal of the Senate. She is currently one of the leaders of The Left coalition,and was one of the co-leaders of Left Together until her departure from the party in October 2024.
Katarzyna Agata Kotula is a Polish politician,teacher,and social activist. Since 2019,she is a member of Sejm of Poland,and since 2023,she holds the office of the Minister of Equality. She is a member of the New Left party,and one of the leaders of the All-Poland Women's Strike movement.
The New Left is a social-democratic political party in Poland. It is positioned on the Centre-left on the political spectrum. Its leaders are Włodzimierz Czarzasty and Robert Biedroń.
Kinga Magdalena Gajewska is a Polish politician,political scientist,lawyer and local government official. She has been member of the Sejm since the 2015 election.
Joanna Beata Wicha is a Polish nurse,labor activist and politician,elected member of the Sejm in 2023.
Mirosława Nykiel,née Bulwan,is a Polish politician,manager,and teacher. She served as a senator in the 6th term and as a member of the Sejm in the 6th,7th,8th,9th,and 10th terms. She is also a member of the European Parliament in the 10th term.
