(PRO) AKTYWNI RODZICE

According to the Law on Employment Promotion and labor market institutions one of the groups in difficult situation on the labor market are unemployed women who did not take employment after childbirth.
Demographic challenges put Polish family-friendly policies in the political, economic and social spotlight. A special role is played here by the parents, particularly women, who on one hand should perform their maternal duties, on other hand be active professionally. Meanwhile, women who want to develop professionally often forgo motherhood, while those who choose to give birth have a problem with returning to work or not work at all. Therefore, women still account for the majority of people economically inactive or unemployed. Sex, is an important factor differentiating the inactive population. In Malopolska, In 2011, the percentage of women in the group of economically inactive was 61% and men 39%. This proportion lasts for years. Number of economically inactive women increased the most in 2010 (an increase of 5%). Women often give family and domestic responsibilities as the cause of inactivity. Poland hold one of the last places among developed countries in terms of the level of activity of women. In 2011, the percentage of unemployed women in Malopolska has increased (by 1.2 percentage point) and amounted to 54.3%, and most of them touched the problem of long-term unemployment (51%). Among unemployed women, women who did not take employment after childbirth accounted for 17.5%.
Women make up the majority of the beneficiaries of projects aimed at the unemployed, which, as show  the above statistics, do not contribute to increase their active participation in the labor market. If woman does not return to the labor market directly after the end of her maternity leave, very soon her situation on the labor market deteriorate and often results in long-term unemployment.
Women who choose to return to work, after maternity and parental leave, contact with the problems of the various dimensions. The first concerns themselves: low qualifications, professional skills obsolete, often understated self-esteem, lack of pro active attitude to the world and their life. The second dimension is the immediate surroundings: the ethos of traditional polish mother, who first of all should devote to her children, the traditional model of the family and unhelpful attitude of the children's father, what limited opportunities for professional development of women. Finally, the fear of leaving their children in the care of the day nursery or kindergarten. And the third dimension: the labor market: the perception of women through the prism of her household duties that limits flexibility and commitment. Therefore, the support directed to this target group has to be comprehensive: targeting both, personal development and social integration. Women should be supported in the family sphere and skills to adapt to the requirements of the labor market. Approach that helps build a pro active attitude and encourage to dynamic use of resources and the potential generated during the support process is extremely important.