Until recently, Russian legislators completely ignored the respective rights of women. Only in 1996, the Russian government approved a regulation "concept for the advancement of women in the Russian Federation." One of the strategic goals, according to this concept is to facilitate the participation of women in decision-making at all levels.
In addition, the same year was issued Presidential Decree "On strengthening the role of women in the federal government and state authorities of the Russian Federation". This document is interesting in the sense that decides to "consider the possibility of introducing a minimum quota of women to fill public positions of the federal public service." The aim sought by the masterminds of this project is also quite easy to define - the implementation of the policy of equal rights and opportunities for women and men.Following the example of developed countries, especially Scandinavian. However, Russia, like all has long been understood in all its way. Russian women in the fight for their rights are behaving very inconsistently. That is, of course, they want to achieve respect and recognition, but when it comes to specific steps of the former heat escapes. They prefer to remain invisible in the public domain, either because of congestion or because of lack of interest in politics, either because of fear of becoming a public figure.
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Until recently, Russian legislators completely ignored the respective rights of women. Only in 1996, the Russian government approved a regulation "concept for the advancement of women in the Russian Federation." One of the strategic goals, according to this concept is to facilitate the participation of women in decision-making at all levels.
In addition, the same year was issued Presidential Decree "On strengthening the role of women in the federal government and state authorities of the Russian Federation". This document is interesting in the sense that decides to "consider the possibility of introducing a minimum quota of women to fill public positions of the federal public service." The aim sought by the masterminds of this project is also quite easy to define - the implementation of the policy of equal rights and opportunities for women and men.Following the example of developed countries, especially Scandinavian. However, Russia, like all has long been understood in all its way. Russian women in the fight for their rights are behaving very inconsistently. That is, of course, they want to achieve respect and recognition, but when it comes to specific steps of the former heat escapes. They prefer to remain invisible in the public domain, either because of congestion or because of lack of interest in politics, either because of fear of becoming a public figure.
To read the complete article in Russian please visit www.democracy.ru