The prime minister also announced plans for a law requiring that women hold at least 30% of management positions in sport.
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Women outnumber men on Polish Olympic team for first time in history
Paris 2024 aims to become the first ever Olympic games to have gender parity among competitors.
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Ten must-watch Polish films directed by women
Isabel Jacobs
They include interwar avant-garde cinema, the world’s first Holocaust film, and reflections on feminism.
New biography reveals remarkable life of female Polish resistance fighter
Stuart Dowell
Elżbieta Zawacka operated as an undercover courier in occupied Europe and was the sole woman in an elite Polish paratrooper unit.
Poland’s record number of women in government: progress or tokenism?
Katarzyna Skiba
Women played a big role in bringing the government to power but may be left disillusioned.
Tusk withdraws former government’s challenge to European convention on domestic violence
The former PiS government had suggested withdrawing Poland from the Istanbul Convention.
Record number of female MPs in Poland’s parliament after elections
The number of female senators, however, has fallen from 24 to 17.
Polish opposition launch campaign to mobilise female voters
New data show that a record 44% of all candidates in the elections will be women, up from 23% in 2007.
Foreign women responsible for 5.5% of births in Poland last year
The figure doubled compared to 2021 but that was not enough to compensate for a continued overall decline in births.
Local women take initiative and pave entire Polish village’s footpaths
The women had grown tired of waiting for local authorities to begin constructing the footpaths.
Polish Left unveils “Plan for Mothers” ahead of elections
Improved access to contraception and reproductive healthcare, 100,000 new nursery places and equal pay for men and women are among the pledges.
Woman who killed husband trying to rape her has acquittal upheld by Poland’s Supreme Court
“The courts have determined that a woman’s sexual freedom is more important than the life of the abuser who attacked her,” said her lawyer.
Under a third of Polish women aged 18-45 planning to have children
Among women aged 18 and 45, only 32% say they are planning to have children, down from 41% in 2017.
Polish opposition leader Tusk’s award at feminist congress stirs controversy
Critics say Tusk has only become a vocal supporter of women’s rights once it became politically beneficial.
