Women in Russia

Women in Russia
The poet Bella Akhmadulina (to the left) and Anna Netrebko
General Statistics
Maternal mortality (per 100,000)34 (2010)
Women in parliament16% (2017)[1]
Women over 25 with secondary education93.5% (2010)
Women in labour force66.1% employment rate, data from OECD, 2018[2]
Gender Inequality Index[3]
Value0.203 (2021)
Rank50th out of 191
Global Gender Gap Index[4]
Value0.706 (2020)
Rank81st

Women in Russia have a rich and varied history during numerous regimes throughout the centuries. Since Russian society is multicultural, the experiences of women in Russia vary significantly across ethnic, religious, and social lines. The life of an ethnic Russian woman can be dramatically different from the life of women of minority groups like the Bashkirs and the life of a woman from a lower-class rural family can be different from the life of a woman from an upper-middle-class urban family. Nevertheless, a common historical and political context provides a framework for speaking about women in Russia in general.

  1. ^ "Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) - Data". data.worldbank.org. World Bank. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. ^ OECD. "LFS by sex and age - indicators". stats.oecd.org. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  4. ^ "The Global Gender Gap Report 2020".