Activities of Government Departments for the Realization of Equality Before the Law Principles in Poland after 1989

Institutions and organizations that constitute Polish feminist movement acting in Poland after 1989 can be classified in many ways. One of them is isolating government and non-government subjects based on the criteria of founding body and the sources of financing the activities. Only public institutions formed at the initiative of government departments and supervised by them are the subject of the analysis undertaken for preparation of hereby paper. The main focus of the paper is the Office of the Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Treatment appointed by the Prime Minister. The title, competence and methods of legal recognition of the Office has changed multiple times after the political transformation.