Poland

Feminoteka was established in 2001, as a feminist information service and bookstore.
The aims of Feminoteka are to act for the elimination of sex-based discrimination in literature, culture, arts and public life. Also support and publicize women’s and gender issues, as well as feminism and to promote authors and publications devoted to broadly understood women’s issues. Promote equality of women and men and to combat violence against women or sex-based discrimination. To support women’s participation in public and political life and liquidate barriers preventing women from accessing knowledge about new technologies. Spreading knowledge about new technologies among women.

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Shortlist Poland

Contact: Joanna Piotrowska, Katarzyna Nowakowska, Magdalena Dabrowska

Poland

Experts and selection

Four experts-activists of feminist and women’s movement and academics were asked to select 5-10 most important texts and manifestos of Polish post-war women’s movement.

Patriarchat po seksmisji

This text analyses the relationship between presence and absence of women in politics and decision making process and cultural patterns of femininity and masculinity existing in Polish culture.

Dziewczyny, wyjdzcie z szafy!

Main aim of the book is to make existence of lesbians and their experience.

Feministki wlasnym glosem o sobie

This volume contains interviews with the most prominent Polish feminists.

Jestem wtedy kiedy krzyczę

This is a song. It criticises the unequal status of women in society and different rights and duties offered by culture to women and men.

Urealnic kobiety

The text concentrates around three issues: solidarity of women; men and their support for gender equality; politicization of religion.

Matka gastronomiczna

The text analyses gender relations in Polish culture, especially vague relations of power.

Polska jest kobietą

Text calls to establish party of women. Author calls for institutional change and improvement of state mechanism that guarantee social change and gender equality.

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