LET WOMEN OUT AND MEN IN. THE SWEDISH GENDER EQUALITY POLITICS ON LABOUR MARKET AND IN FAMILIES

• Authors: Szymoniak Katarzyna
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this article is to analyze the Swedish gender equality politics and its influence on the gender equality on the Swedish labour market and within families in period between 1970s and 2000s. Problems such as wage differentials, occupational sex segregation and unequal distribution of paid and unpaid work between the sexes were faced from the beginning of the 20th century up to 1960s. In order to address those issues gender equality politics was launched in 1970s including enacting of the law on separate taxation and law on gender equality. Moreover, a special family politics was launched encouraging men and women to divide childcare and housework equally. On one hand Swedish gender equality politics contributed to the growth of women's participation in labour market, to minimize wage differentials and it also made sex distribution between the occupations and at the leading positions in companies and institutions more equal. Moreover, this politics led to more equal distribution of unpaid work between men and women at home. On the other hand it must be pointed out that none of these problems has been completely solved. Women's wages are still generally lower than men's and women and men tend to work in different sectors. Women still take greater part of parental leave and tend to do the bigger part of unpaid work. Although a significant change in the level of gender equality has been made since 1960s, which can be considered a success of the Swedish gender equality politics, there is still much that needs to be done in order to achieve gender equality both on labour market and in families.

Keywords

EN

FAMILY; GENDER EQUALITY POLITICS; LABOUR MARKET; MEN AND WOMEN; SWEDEN

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: AGH University of Science and Technology
• Journal: Studia Humanistyczne AGH
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 53-71
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Szymoniak Katarzyna

• Katarzyna Szymoniak, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, Katedra Skandynawistyki, al. Niepodleglosci 4, 61-874 Poznan, POLAND

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11PLAAAA100015