Restrukturyzacja sektora górnictwa węglowego a sytuacja zawodowa kobiet zatrudnionych w przedsiębiorstwach górniczych

Abstract

The focus of the paper is situation of women, employed in the coalmine industry and the consequences of the restructuring of mining sector for this group of women. The authors describe the changes of the structure of employment of women taking into account the coalmine sector and labour market outside of this sector, the outplacement solutions addressed to women within the programs of the restructuring of the sector and their consequences for the professional reorientation of women. Discussion about the economic aspects of the problem is followed by the critical reflection about the discriminatory practices associated with the process of deindustrialization, the socio-cultural determinants of the position of women within the “restructuring” discourses changing patterns of femininity and potential consequences of ongoing cultural transformations.