Poll shows government should combat sexual discrimination

Every third man and second woman thinks that women are discriminated in Poland, claims pollsters CBOS. About 92% of the public thinks that the government should fight this more effectively and react to any kind of discrimination because of sex. The government has prepared a "Domestic Program for Acting on Behalf of Women", which the Cabinet recently accepted. This will see among others, the invitation of Voivodship representatives for equal rights to both men and women, including the most modern contraceptive pills on the list of refunded drugs, and preparing a comparative analysis of salaries of men and women by 2005. "I am content knowing that the program has been accepted, as this way we can carry out obligations resulting from the UN conference in Pekin," explained Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka, governmental representative for the equal right of men and women. Other Deputies hope that the program would not remain an empty slogan of government propaganda, which fought for its survival. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A4) M.M.