Committee of the Bulgarian Women's Movement
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The Committee of the Bulgarian Women's Movement was a mass women's organization in socialist Bulgaria that promoted gender equality, social welfare, and political participation under the guidance of the ruling communist party.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Committee of the Bulgarian Women’s Movement | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mass organization
ⓘ
socialist organization ⓘ women's organization ⓘ |
| activity |
encouraging women's participation in political life
ⓘ
organizing educational campaigns for women ⓘ promoting women's participation in the workforce ⓘ supporting social welfare measures for families ⓘ |
| associatedWith | mass organizations of the socialist era in Bulgaria ⓘ |
| characteristic |
mass membership
ⓘ
politically loyal to the ruling party ⓘ state-guided ⓘ |
| country | Bulgaria ⓘ |
| dissolutionCause | collapse of state socialism in Bulgaria ⓘ |
| focus |
improvement of women's legal status
ⓘ
integration of women into socialist construction ⓘ reconciliation of women's paid work and family responsibilities ⓘ |
| genderFocus | women ⓘ |
| goal |
implementation of party policy on women and the family
ⓘ
representation of women's interests within the socialist system ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Cold War era Eastern Europe
ⓘ
state-socialist women's organizations in the Eastern Bloc ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism–Leninism
ⓘ
state socialism ⓘ |
| membership | women in socialist Bulgaria ⓘ |
| movement | state-sponsored women's movement in Bulgaria ⓘ |
| operatedInPoliticalSystem |
Bulgaria
ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of Bulgaria
|
| organizationalStructure | central committee with local branches ⓘ |
| organizationalType | umbrella organization for women's committees ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ |
| politicalRole | transmission belt between party and women citizens ⓘ |
| purpose |
mobilization of women in support of socialist policies
ⓘ
promotion of gender equality ⓘ promotion of social welfare ⓘ promotion of women's political participation ⓘ |
| relatedTo | official women's committees in other socialist countries ⓘ |
| sector | civil society under state control ⓘ |
| sphereOfActivity |
family policy
ⓘ
labor and employment issues ⓘ political education ⓘ social policy ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| subordinationTo | Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ |
| supportedPolicy |
maternity protection
ⓘ
state-provided childcare ⓘ women's employment in industry and services ⓘ |
| timePeriod | socialist period in Bulgaria ⓘ |
| usedLanguage | Bulgarian ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
National Council of Women (Romania)
this entity surface form:
Committee of the Bulgarian Women’s Movement