Women's Representation in Government Bodies of the Russian Federation in the Period from 1991 to 2023

Women's Representation in Government Bodies of the Russian Federation in the Period from 1991 to 2023

Authors

  • Anastasiia G. Rebrikova

Keywords:

Women's representation, women in politics, women politicians, gender distribution of power functions, gender, women's political leadership.

Abstract

The representation of women in public authorities reflects a number of more general issues related to gender equality, the peculiarities of women's political leadership, women's participation in politics, etc. The purpose of this article was to identify gender proportions in the federal executive authorities and the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation for the period from 1991 to 2023. The study was conducted by statistical analysis of data presented in open sources, on the websites of the Federation Council, the State Duma, the Government and other public authorities. This article reflects the dynamics of changes in the gender distribution of positions in the field of politics over the period under study. For the analysis, the highest positions of executive and other state authorities of the country were selected, as well as membership in both chambers of the Russian parliament, which made it possible to consider women's representation in positions involving direct decision-making. The study raises the problem of the underrepresentation of women in senior political and elected positions in public administration. According to the results of the study, data on women's representation in government over the past 34 years were systematized. A trend has been identified to increase the representation of women in high-level executive positions. At the same time, the number of women in the Cabinet of Ministers of our country in the entire history of the Russian Federation has not exceeded 11% or two female representatives at the same time. No more than two women at the same time had the opportunity to take the position of Deputy Prime Minister. There are positions that have been held exclusively by men for more than thirty years. The number of women in the country's parliament is also small, but the positive trend here is more pronounced. With a global average of 26.5% female representation, in Russia there are only 18.4% women among the members of both houses of parliament.

Author Biography

Anastasiia G. Rebrikova

Anastasiia G. Rebrikova
Postgraduate student
ORCID: 0000-0002-7603-3082
RyzhkovaAG@spa.msu.ru

School of Public Administration, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation

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2024-08-31

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Women’s Representation in Government Bodies of the Russian Federation in the Period from 1991 to 2023. (2024). Public Administration. E-Journal (Russia), 105, 65-79. https://doi.org/10.24412/rkqwq509

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Women’s Representation in Government Bodies of the Russian Federation in the Period from 1991 to 2023. (2024). Public Administration. E-Journal (Russia), 105, 65-79. https://doi.org/10.24412/rkqwq509

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