GENDER EQUALITY IN ROMANIA. STATISTICAL DATA AND CULTURAL NORMS
GENDER EQUALITY IN ROMANIA. STATISTICAL DATA AND CULTURAL NORMS

Summary/Abstract: The article presents shortly women’s involvement in the major sectors of social life (labor market, political involvement and decision making, educational system, domestic tasks) in Romania, both from the point of view of the official data as well as from people’s opinions and perception in regard to this. Some of the indicators taken into consideration (such as employment and unemployment rate, political representation, etc.) are analyzed on a longer period of time in order to see the changes that occurred and also, when available, comparison with data available at EU level is performed.Another aspect approached is related to violence against the women in Romanian society, especially that related to domestic violence. The paper brings in discussion the perceptions in regard to this phenomenon, the beliefs and norms that regulate the conduct within the family, the incidence of violence against women and the efforts made so far in order to eliminate it.

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