Published 10.04.2024. | Željka Geto
We continue with the analysis of the political programs of our current political parties, and it is SDP's turn.
First, in healthcare. The Social Democratic Party of Croatia stands for the maintenance of medically assisted fertilization and the preservation and expansion of women's right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.
Second, in kindergartens, women are indirectly understood as parents who need a support system regarding the developmental needs of children.
Thirdly, child benefit, which is also mentioned indirectly in terms of increasing paternity leave, which consequently relieves mothers. In addition, SDP promises to secure and include women in the labor market, especially those who have been unemployed for a long time, by encouraging self-employment through projects financed by EU projects.
Fourth, care for victims of violence, in which category women are also not directly mentioned as one of the more frequent victims of violence, but since they are in reality, it can be said that the measures on care for victims of violence at least indirectly apply to them as well.
Fifth, the economy, within which the strengthening of the role of women in rural areas and care for vulnerable groups, which belongs to the field of agriculture. In addition, the solution to the problem of gender discrimination, which is expressed in the employment and advancement of women and in (ine)equality of wages, as well as the regulation of precarious contracts that particularly affect women, was highlighted.
Follow us in the next week to find out what the other current political parties offer in terms of improving the position of women in society so that on April, 17 you can make an informed decision.
Before the elections, we bring you a comparative analysis of 8 political programs.
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