Žene i reprodukcija u Hrvatskoj – ekofeministički diskurs
Women and reproduction in Croatia – ecofeminist discourse

Author(s): Branka Galić
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Sociology, Gender history
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: ecofeminism; reproduction; pregnancy; women
Summary/Abstract: Ecofeminism showed three decades ago the social foundations of oppression of women and nature, but women’s reproductive rights remain in the sphere of political control run by the ruling system of ideologies, politics and the dominant patriarchal social institutions. The social practice has not established the principle of self-determination of women when it comes to human reproduction, and women’s bodies are still treated as objects owned by someone else – the family, government, politics, Catholic Church etc. When it comes to Croatia, public opinion and the results of scientific research are completely ignored in reproductive politics. Reproductive policy in Croatia deprived reproductive self-determination of women and couples, derogating some of their acquired rights, and leaving them to re-traditional values associated with reproductive decisions, thereby increasing the risks for women’s reproductive health and strengthening gender discrimination. The results of research in Croatia, in 2009, on a representative sample of 1363 respondents, showed a developed awareness of women and the need for more contemprorary access to their reproductive decisions, and access to reproductive techniques than their reproductive practices in a society allow. Men generally showed more conservative view, but both expressed support for a woman’s right to choose in terms of reproductive decisions.

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