Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.22586/rch.v19i1.28476
In Pursuit of Economic Emancipation: Legislative Framework of Women's Paid Work in Croatia and Slavonia
Mirela Krešić
orcid.org/0000-0001-7065-7129
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law
Abstract
The aim of the paper is to explore the interaction between regulatory provisions governing the status of women, which were part of Croatia’s legal system as it developed in the period of history called the short 19th century (1848-1914). The Austrian General Civil Code, the Hungarian-Croatian Trade Code and Industry Act and the Croatian School Act constitute the backbone of the research. More specifically, the focus is on the provisions that enabled the economic emancipation of women in the context of guaranteed gender equality and access to education. Given the economic circumstances in the period under review, the opportunities as well as the restrictions faced by women in the labour market of the time, our intention is to ascertain whether and if so in what way the Austrian and Hungarian-Croatian acts, accompanied by Croatia’s autonomous legislative framework, influenced the process of transformation of the traditional understanding of the status of women in society.
Keywords
economic emancipation; women; paid work; Austrian General Civil Code; Hungarian-Croatian Trade Code and Industry Act; Croatian School Act; Croatia and Slavonia
Hrčak ID:
311700
URI
Publication date:
20.12.2023.
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