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Traditions of Karelian maternity rituals are widely represented in the ethnographic historical science literature. At the same time motherhood as an institution and as a social and cultural status deserves special consideration. The paper is aimed at describing the development of the motherhood within Karelia in historical dynamics, as well […]

Litvin Yu. V. Motherhood in the Karelian village: traditional practices ...


The protection of motherhood and childhood occupied a significant place in the zemstvo medical practice of the late XIX — early XX c. It was “zemsky” doctors who were first to investigate the risk factors for maternal and child health in a Russian village. These included, first of all, the […]

Kitsenko O. S., Kitsenko R. N. The issues of maternity ...


The article is devoted to the analysis of the features of the professional development of women in the academic community and the identification of gender barriers characteristic of the Russian science system. The materials of the integrated applied research (online survey of young Russian scientists, N = 105; in-depth interview […]

Shvetsova A. V. Professional development barriers of young scientists in ...



The article analyzes the results of a sociological study conducted in 2018 in the villages and small towns of Bashkortostan. 200 married couples were interviewed in two categories: shift migrants families and the control group (not involved in temporary employment). Temporary employment is considered to be a condition for the […]

Khilazheva G. F. Modern family in the context of translocal ...


This article discusses the basics of gender strategy in Islam. The author considers the features and problems of interpretation of gender strategy in Islam, its dependence from Islamic law schools and local environment and mentality. The gender strategy in Islam strictly defines a woman’s place in society and family, emphasizing […]

Sirazhudinova S. V. Gender strategy in Muslim society: the case ...


The paper considers the gender situation in foreign ministries of African states. The authors investigate the history of gender changes in diplomacy in post-colonial Africa and the reasons for the high representation of women in foreign ministries and embassies of certain states, as well as policies for the recruitment of […]

Prokopenko L. Ya., Denisova T. S. Gender parity in the ...



This article is devoted to studying the сontemporary women’s unions history of formation as well as functioning in a single region of the Russian Federation — the Republic of Khakassia. At the same time, special attention is devoted to those whose activities in the sociopolitical and cultural life of the […]

Anayban Z. V. Women’s public societies in сontemporary Khakassia, p. ...


The article discusses the content and the history of modern women’s movement in the USA. The review of the American sociological literature was conducted to make a definition of the term “women’s movement”. The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the main periods in the development of the women’s movement […]

Zadvornova Yu. S. Women’s movement in the United States today, ...


The article is devoted to the underexplored problem of interaction between government and women’s initiatives in modern Russia. The conceptual frameworks of the interaction balance between government and women’s initiatives as part of civil society are developed. Here the balance is understood as a system of indicators. Furthermore, there are […]

Khasbulatova O. A., Smirnova I. N. The Russian women’s movement: ...



The article considers the problem of combining two types of labor activity — professional and parental labor. The aim of the research is to identify objective and subjective barriers for combination of these two labor spheres. We focus on specific elements of the organization of labor of working mothers (length […]

Bagirova A. P., Blednova N. D. Combination of professional and ...


The results of a study of the features of matrimonial behavior of migrant women from Central Asian countries are presented in this article. The conclusions are based on the analysis of statistical data on the number of marriages between citizens of different States in the Russian marriage market. Marriage in […]

Ryazantsev S. V., Sivopljasova S. Yu. Matrimonial behavior of women ...


Applied statistical studies / sample surveys in assessing the demographic behavior of society are not just an urgent scientific and practical task, but make it possible to more fully haracterize the reproductive plans of the population, to identify obstacles to demographic development. The article presents an analysis of the results […]

Rostovskaya T. K., Kuchmaeva O. V., Zolotareva O. A. Evaluation ...



The aim of the study is to establish the gender characteristics of mortality from HIV infection, as well as to identify the socio-demographic context of the more negative dynamics of mortality among women. We used data from the official statistics on mortality from Rosstat, as well as information from the […]

Ivanova A. E. Gender features of mortality from HIV infection, ...


The National Saving Strategy in the Russian Federation is one of the main state social policy documents. It can be implemented in various ways, in particular, by increasing the life expectancy of the older generation. Ageing Concepts and gender characteristics of the ageing process, analyzed in this article, a discourse […]

Anikeeva O. A., Fomina S. N., Shimanovskaya Ya. V. Social ...