Social State and Gender Equality in Modern Russia

In recent years scientific disputes on prospects of the social state and its possible alternatives became more actual. There are objective and subjective explanations of these premature conclusions about a decline of the social state. Reproduction and development of gender equality can serve one of factors of neutralization tendencies about a decline of the social state. Social position and features of female mentality in a bigger measure are aimed at preservation of the basic principles and achievements of the social state.

Among heads of the companies in Russia women make 43% - it is one of the highest rates in the world, is almost twice higher than an average for the European countries. But in power structures this indicator in Russia isn't enough. Low representation of women in power structures isn't connected with our historical roots. Russia was the seventh country in the world, which affirmed a vote for women in article 1 of Provision on elections to the Constitution assembly of Provisional Government of September 11, 1917. In such countries as the USA, France, Great Britain, women acquired a vote at general parliamentary elections for 60 and more years later, than men. In the USSR general literacy of women, as well as men, was reached in the middle of last century. The Russian women – the most educated women of the world: among them the higher education have 61%.

Modern Russian business learned to convert successfully knowledge, education and talent of Russians women in effective work, but increase in number and a share of women in the sphere political power structures deserves the special studying, aimed at a sustainable development of civil society and social state.