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The Ministry of Health (Russia) oversees women’s reproductive health care services, which are provided through a combination of free care packages and compulsory private insurance. Insurance costs have created a burden for poor women and lead to inequality in services.
In 2020, Russia had decreased its number of abortions to 450 thousand. [3] Following the takeover of Russia by the Bolsheviks, the Russian Soviet Republic under Vladimir Lenin became the first country in the world in the modern era to allow abortion in all circumstances in 1920. Over the course of the 20th century, the legality of abortion ...
Nevertheless, women often face discrimination in the labour market; and the law itself lists 100 occupations [53] that are forbidden to women, as they are considered too dangerous to their health, especially reproductive health (until 2019 the figure was 456 [54]). Despite this, many Russian women have achieved success in business. [55]
Mortality among Russian men has risen by 60% since 1991, four to five times higher than the European average. [citation needed] As a result of the large difference in life expectancy between men and women (the greatest in the world), the gender imbalance remains to this day and there are 0.859 males for every female in Russia. [9]
Comparison with the 1989 census shows huge drop in fertility in the Western Caucasus (esp. Karachay-Cherkessia, Adygea and North Ossetia) and some parts of Arctic Russia (Murmansk, Komi, etc.). The fertility in the Eastern Caucasus is fairly stable, although decreasing.
Women's reproductive health in Russia This page was last edited on 7 September 2020, at 18:46 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Women's reproductive health in Russia; W. Women in the former Soviet Union This page was last edited on 12 May 2022, at 23:52 (UTC). Text is ...
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