National Council of Women

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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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
National Council of Women canonical 2

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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 Romanian People’s Republic
surface form: 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
surface form: Committee of the Bulgarian Women’s Movement

Democratic Women’s League of Germany
surface form: 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
surface form: Romanian Communist Party mass organizations apparatus
timePeriod communist era in Romania
usedBy Romanian state for propaganda toward women

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Romanian Communist Party womenWing National Council of Women
PCR womenWing National Council of Women
subject surface form: Romanian Communist Party