National Council of Women

E80975

communist-era organization in Romania mass women’s organization state-controlled mass organization

The National Council of Women was the official mass women’s organization in communist Romania, aligned with and controlled by the Romanian Communist Party to promote state policies on gender, labor, and social life.

Aliases (1)

National Council of Women (Romania) ×47

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	communist-era organization in Romania → mass women’s organization → state-controlled mass organization →
alignedWith	Romanian Communist Party →
characteristic	integrated into the party-state apparatus → lacked organizational independence from the state → top-down leadership structure → used as an instrument of social control over women →
controlledBy	Romanian Communist Party →
country	Romania →
dissolvedWith	collapse of communist regime in Romania →
function	mobilization of women in support of party policies → monitoring women’s participation in the workforce → political socialization of women → propaganda on women’s emancipation in socialist terms → transmission of party directives to women →
historicalContext	Cold War Eastern Bloc women’s organizations network →
ideology	Marxism–Leninism →
implements	Romanian Communist Party family and demographic policies → Romanian Communist Party gender policies → Romanian Communist Party labor mobilization policies for women →
languageOfOperation	Romanian →
legitimized	state policies on women’s work and family roles →
operatedInPoliticalSystem	socialist Republic of Romania →
opposed	independent feminist organizing outside party structures →
organizationalType	mass organization affiliated with ruling party →
politicalPosition	pro-government →
promotedConcept	combination of paid labor and family duties for women → participation of women in building socialism → socialist emancipation of women →
purpose	to promote state policies on gender → to promote state policies on labor → to promote state policies on social life →
represents	women in socialist Romania in official discourse →
role	official mass women’s organization in communist Romania →
similarTo	Committee of the Bulgarian Women’s Movement → Democratic Women’s Union of Germany → Polish League of Women →
sphereOfActivity	education and political education of women → family policy → gender policy → labor policy → public health campaigns targeting women → social welfare →
subordinateTo	Romanian Communist Party mass organizations apparatus →
timePeriod	communist era in Romania →
usedBy	Romanian state for propaganda toward women →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Romanian Communist Party → Romanian Communist Party →	womenWing