Historical Development of Gender Equality During the Soviettype Dictatorship in Romania

Abstract

The present article focuses on legislation covering gender equality during the Soviet-type totalitarian era in Romania. The article showed that the institution of gender equality made significant progress under the dictatorship. It is worth noting that every era comes with its own set of problems: in the beginning, under the leadership of Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, the will of independence, then, under Nicolae Ceaușescu, the will to increase the population, and the general monitoring and propaganda spreading mechanism.