Russia

The head of the Centre for Social and Political Studies, Institute for USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences, about stengths and weaknesses of the women's movement in Russia and about political participation.

The UN expert on gender equality issues about the situation of women on the labor market and about the aims which the women's movement should adopt.

In Russia, Women’s Day was observed for the first time in 1913, in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The following article tells the development of the Women's Day from its beginnings to our days.