Women must be given the conditions to realize their full potential

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Valentina Matvienko called for continued work to ensure that women in Russia can combine career, family and having children.

In Russia, parity between men and women in the labor market has almost been achieved, and the share of female research scientists has approached 40%.

In Russia, there is a steady growth of women's entrepreneurship: as of January 2026, women accounted for over 40% of the total number of registered small and medium-sized entrepreneurs in the country.

TURKMENBASHI, October 7 - RIA Novosti. Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko called for work to ensure that women in Russia can continue to painlessly combine career, family and having children.

“Despite the obvious successes, we must not stop. We must continue to work to ensure that women can painlessly combine career, family, having children, that is, fully realize their unlimited potential,” she said at the plenary session of the International Forum (Women’s Dialogue) “The Role of Women in Maintaining Peace and Achieving Sustainable Development,” which takes place in the Avaza national tourist zone on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea, near the city of Turkmenbashi in Turkmenistan.

According to the speaker of the Federation Council, women in Russia occupy high positions in the government and parliament, head Russian regions and a number of departments. She also added that parity between men and women in the labor market has almost been achieved in Russia, and the share of female research scientists has approached 40%.