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The term of «gender» was introduced into scientific vocabulary in the end of sixties and was used for analysis of socio-economic relations, including labor ones, marking a specific feature of biological differences between men and women. Gender analysis helps to detect and identify different forms of sexual discrimination existing in the sphere of labor, production, promotion etc.
Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia (FNPR) in 2012 initiated major research that was conducted by the method of questioning on the theme «Gender equality in modern Russian society: regional aspect» (14 regions of Russia, sample included 4890 people).
The study showed that in the sphere of labor relations gender inequality manifests itself quite clearly. For instance, despite the fact that Russian law prohibits discrimination on grounds of sex, in reality this inequality was qualified as «often» and even «widespread», according to respondents; areas, where the most evidently inequality between men and women exists, include «labor (recruitment, remuneration, career growth, etc.)», «policy» and «leisure»; the right to fair wages, professional advancement and the right to participate in management were marked as the most often violated; problems that concern violations of the rights of persons with family responsibilities, particularly women, have special significance in the social and labor the sphere, because women experience the greatest pressure from the employer when they ask for maternity leave or sick leave.
For real gender equality in our country, according to survey, it is necessary first of all to «improve the legislative basis» and «implement the state policy aimed at achieving gender equality» and «to shape public opinion in defense of social equality».
The results of research sampled in this article show that despite of democratic changes in our country almost in all spheres of life matters of gender equality in employment and the social sphere remain unresolved.
Keywords: Labor relations, gender, Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia, sexual discrimination, gender equality.
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The term of «gender» was introduced into scientific vocabulary in the end of sixties and immediately began to be used for analysis of socio-economic relations, including labor ones, marking a specific feature of biological differences in men and women. Gender analysis can detect and identify different forms of sexual discrimination...