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Women’s Labour Activism

Activism

Activism at

the workplace

Activism at the workplace

Grappling

with unpaid labour

Grappling with unpaid labour

Fighting for

the equal pay

Fighting for the equal pay

Labouring

for the communities

Labouring for the communities

Class at

the core

Class at the core

Exit?

Confronting

the misogyny

Confronting the misogyny

We want

education!

We want education!

Institutional

activism

Institutional activism

People

Betty
Karpíšková

A Journalist, Politician, and Social Worker in Interwar Czechoslovakia

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Eugenia
Waśniewska

An International Labour Expert and Politician

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Essays

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Introduction: Women’s Labour Activism in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe

The activism of women from Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe has long existed in the shadows of mainstream historical narratives.

Legacies of Women Labour Activists

It is difficult, if not outright impossible, to fully appreciate the legacies of women labour activists in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe and beyond.

An Enduring Demand: The Struggle for Equal Pay

The fight for equal pay, also known as the demand for “equal pay for equal work”, has been a central issue in labour movements for over a century.

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Women’s Labour Activism
in Eastern Europe and Transnationally,
From the Age of Empires
to the Late 20th Century

This research project, led by Susan Zimmermann at Central European University (Vienna, Austria), has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 833691 – ZARAH).