 | "The Government's Financial Package and its Effect on Women" | | | | May 5, 1995 Budapest, Parliament | | | In March 1995, the long awaited finance package was submitted by the government's newly appointed Finance Minister, Lajos Bokros. One sentence in the package stated the necessity of cutting back on state funds which directly affected women and children. According to the package two types of child- care benifits were fused together and the access to those benefits reformulated to be available to those living at or below the absolute minimum salary. | | In answer to this situation, MONA organized a one-day inter-parliamentary debate on the issue. The conference focused on alternatives and recommendations for solutions, and the results of the cutbacks of state aid and the challenge for the civil sector in addition to assessing the aftermath of the new provisions on demography, childcare and female employment strategies.
The meeting was an impetus for a regular dialogue for female MP-s across party lines to come together and discuss issues affecting women. It also provided an opportunity for MP-s, other party officials and women's organizations to change ideas not just in political but also in civil life. Approximately 80 people gathered.
As a result of the general outcry in Hungary and the above meeting, this act of the package did not come into force. |
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