Over the Hedge Is the Gender Gap Closing? Belarus and Lithuania

Gender equality remains one of the key issues in Eastern Europe preventing the post-communist countries from reaching higher standards of democracy. In 2013 The Human Rights organization “Freedom House” referred Belarus to the group of “not free” countries in their Map of Freedom 2013. According to the Freedom House report for Belarus, “there are significant discrepancies in income between men and women, and women are poorly represented in leading government positions. As a result of extreme poverty, many women have become victims of the international sex trade.” Assuring gender equality influences the overall democratic development of the country as it involves a broader circle of groups in the political and social process. Building and sustaining a modern democracy without female participation and equal rights is neither feasible nor acceptable, as this form of government is based on the crucial principles of equality between citizens.

• Дата выхаду: 2014
• Выдавец: EESC
• ISBN: 978-9955-721-11-6
• Катэгорыя: Палітыка, Правы чалавека, Грамадзтва
• Кнігазбор: Kamunikat.org