Institution: | 1. *Senior Specialist in Social Security, ILO Subregional Office for Central and Eastern Europe, Budapest.;2. **Freelance consultant on gender issues;3. formerly ILO Subregional Office for Central and Eastern Europe, Budapest. This article is adapted from a contribution to The gender dimensions of social security reform in central and eastern Europe: Case studies of the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland, edited by Elaine Fultz, Markus Ruck and Silke Steinhilber (Budapest, ILO, 2003). |