The document discusses factors that influence women's political participation at both the individual and country level. It examines data from the European Social Survey on political participation rates of men and women in various European countries. It also discusses two women's organizations in Poland, the Women's Parliamentary Group and Women's Congress, that aim to increase gender equality and female representation in Polish politics. Finally, it quotes a feminist activist saying that while women's emancipation has increased in other areas, politically Poland has lost out over the last 20 years by not addressing issues like abortion rights.