Marriage and family - Image of the woman in postsocialist party programs

Since the end of the state socialist orders in Eastern Europe, the region has lost its unity. However, the prevailing image of women is one thing shared by such different countries as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, and Bulgaria. A renaissance of traditional values can be observed everywhere, for example in the programmes of the most successful parties in these countries. The question of ,,women" and gender-based inequality are treated as minor or completely insignificant issues. There are some variations in the conceptions of women's roles embodied in the party programmes, but for the most part the dominant image is that of women as nurturers of the family; women are seen to have no place in the public sphere or in politics.