Anna Śledzińska-Simon
Biographic Data
| ID | 6524068 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Śledzińska-Simon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna |
| FAMILY NAME | Śledzińska-Simon |
| SIGNATURE | ŚLEDZIŃSKA-SIMON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wrocław |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4202-5260 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Taking women's rights seriously
The article traces the trajectory of the struggle for woman's rights in Poland from 1989 to the present. It argues that the democratic transition successfully shaped the foundations of a liberal regime, but was accompanied from the outset by an agreement between the government and the Catholic Church that limited reproductive rights and led to a re-traditionalization of gender roles. This context is crucial to understanding the Constitutional Tri…
Learning Lessons from the Populist Defeats
The article explains how populists have exploited the weaknesses of liberal constitutionalism and the public-private divide. It argues that populists have not rejected constitutionalism as a project but a negative version of it. In its place, they incorporated their vision of a government unrestricted by individual rights and entered the private sphere with their doctrines. The lesson from the victories of populism is therefore to move toward pos…
Obowiązek dokonania racjonalnych usprawnień – uwagi na tle wyroku TSUE Jetta Ring i Lone Skouboe Werge (C-335/11 I C-337/11)
The Article posits that in Jetta Ring and Lone Skouboe Werge (C-335/11 and C-337/11) the CJEU has contributed to further evolution of the protection of persons with disabilities under the EU law and clarified the important difference between disability and illness. Following the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as ratified by the EU in 2010, it held that disability covers a condition caused by a curable or incurable illness, …
Culture and Human Rights
The WROCLAW COMMENTARIES address legal questions as well as political consequences related to freedom of, and access to, the arts and (old/new) media; questions of religious and language rights; the protection of minorities and other vulnerable groups; safeguarding cultural diversity and heritage; and further pertinent issues. Specialists from all over Europe and the world summarise and comment on core messages of legal instruments, the essence o…
Gender Equality from Beneath
This article explores the introduction of electoral gender quotas and the unprecedented social mobilization in pursuit of gender equality in Poland. The quota law was adopted as a citizens’ initiative organized by the Congress of Women, a new women’s movement. The article analyzes the factors that account for the success of this initiative, which permanently changed the public debate on gender rights in Poland. In contrast to other countries with…
Gender Equality from Beneath
This article explores the introduction of electoral gender quotas and the unprecedented social mobilization in pursuit of gender equality in Poland. The quota law was adopted as a citizens’ initiative organized by the Congress of Women, a new women’s movement. The article analyzes the factors that account for the success of this initiative, which permanently changed the public debate on gender rights in Poland. In contrast to other countries with…
Learning Lessons from the Populist Defeats
The article explains how populists have exploited the weaknesses of liberal constitutionalism and the public-private divide. It argues that populists have not rejected constitutionalism as a project but a negative version of it. In its place, they incorporated their vision of a government unrestricted by individual rights and entered the private sphere with their doctrines. The lesson from the victories of populism is therefore to move toward pos…
Gender Equality from Beneath
This article explores the introduction of electoral gender quotas and the unprecedented social mobilization in pursuit of gender equality in Poland. The quota law was adopted as a citizens’ initiative organized by the Congress of Women, a new women’s movement. The article analyzes the factors that account for the success of this initiative, which permanently changed the public debate on gender rights in Poland. In contrast to other countries with…
Culture and Human Rights
The WROCLAW COMMENTARIES address legal questions as well as political consequences related to freedom of, and access to, the arts and (old/new) media; questions of religious and language rights; the protection of minorities and other vulnerable groups; safeguarding cultural diversity and heritage; and further pertinent issues. Specialists from all over Europe and the world summarise and comment on core messages of legal instruments, the essence o…
Obowiązek dokonania racjonalnych usprawnień – uwagi na tle wyroku TSUE Jetta Ring i Lone Skouboe Werge (C-335/11 I C-337/11)
The Article posits that in Jetta Ring and Lone Skouboe Werge (C-335/11 and C-337/11) the CJEU has contributed to further evolution of the protection of persons with disabilities under the EU law and clarified the important difference between disability and illness. Following the UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as ratified by the EU in 2010, it held that disability covers a condition caused by a curable or incurable illness, …
Learning Lessons from the Populist Defeats
The article explains how populists have exploited the weaknesses of liberal constitutionalism and the public-private divide. It argues that populists have not rejected constitutionalism as a project but a negative version of it. In its place, they incorporated their vision of a government unrestricted by individual rights and entered the private sphere with their doctrines. The lesson from the victories of populism is therefore to move toward pos…
Taking women's rights seriously
The article traces the trajectory of the struggle for woman's rights in Poland from 1989 to the present. It argues that the democratic transition successfully shaped the foundations of a liberal regime, but was accompanied from the outset by an agreement between the government and the Catholic Church that limited reproductive rights and led to a re-traditionalization of gender roles. This context is crucial to understanding the Constitutional Tri…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (2 works)