Politisk likgiltighet efter kommunismens fall

Abstract

This artide deals witli the basic differences that may exist today and will continue to do so in the nearest future between the goals that women strive for in Eastern and Western Europé with regard to their future rights to equal opportunities with men. The women's liberation movement in Eastern Europé and the Soviet Union was embryonic during the Communist era, but it does not seem likely that it will make much progress during the present post- Communist period. Rather than gender, it is still elementary needs and poverty that dominate the everyday life of women in post-Communist Eastern Europé. The case of Yugoslavia illustrates how much the situation of women has deteriorated and how the emancipation of women has been thwarted in the East European countries.