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Women at Work " Poland's entrance into the European Union in 2004 led to the ADOPTION of EU policies related to the promotion of gender equality. Nonetheless, recent statistics show that these directives have mainly been implemented only on paper in Poland.
According to the most recent report on the situation of women in the workforce by the Central Statistical Office, in 2007, 42.3 percent of women 15 or older were employed, versus 57.4 percent of men. Overall, women represent 43.1 percent of the population working full time. The wage discrepancies are the most significant at the highest earning bracket, where women earn just 67 percent of what men in the same positions earn.
“If you look at university enrolment, it’s nearly 50-50 – in fact, today more women go to universities than men in Poland. But then, if you look at managerial positions, they’re gone. Not only are there more women that finish their studies now, but they also have better results. So women are perfectly equipped to be successful in business or anywhere else, and then all of a sudden we have this drop off. So what happens with these educated, potential talents?
“They’re gone from the system because they’re at home with their children, ” she continues. “There is no equality in the way the culture sees our role in the family, and therefore there is one competence that makes a difference between men and women
People think that a one- or two-year-old child needs the mother more than the father, but that’s not the case. The child only needs the mother when she is breastfeeding; when not breastfeeding, there is no scientific proof that a child feels better when it’s held by the mother than when it’s held by the father , yet society thinks that it’s the mother that should always carry the child." 

                                                                                                                                     http://www.krakowpost.com/article/2196

I'm in the middle of writing a report for tomorrow's english lesson. I started to read about the issue I thought I'm familliar with. And suddenly it hits me. I'm getting close to finishing my studies at university shockingly fast, I've been positive about the whole gender issue, we could have seen some changes over the last few years. I always thought that the situation will be improved by the day i enter this path. But I'm not so sure any more. Why is it so hard to change? What do you think? How does the situation look like in your country?