Believing the Impossible

Perestroika and the end of the Soviet Union have brought mixed benefits or Russian women, with, on the one hand, unemployment and lack of equality, while on the other, new women's organizations and journals are springing up. Women often find that men are preferred by employers, and this especia...

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Published in:The Women's Review of Books 1993, Vol.10 (10/11), p.4-5
Main Authors: Nadezhda Azhgikhina, Galya Sharol, Ruthchild, Rochelle
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Children
Employment
Employment services industry
Feminist literary criticism
Gender equality
Industrial design
Perestroika
Single mothers
Unemployment
Women
Womens rights
Womens rights movements
Working women
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Summary:Perestroika and the end of the Soviet Union have brought mixed benefits or Russian women, with, on the one hand, unemployment and lack of equality, while on the other, new women's organizations and journals are springing up. Women often find that men are preferred by employers, and this especially applies to older women and women with children. The unemployed and mothers coping alone are especially vulnerable to poverty, and malnutrition is now becoming a problem. Women can, however, achieve more equality through organization, though the next generation is likely to see the benefits.
ISSN:0738-1433
DOI:10.2307/4021518