The organization features of the Russian women labor activity during pandemic of coronavirus

Abstract

The coronavirus pandemic had a major impact on the Russian economy and actualized gender inequality issue in many areas of social life. The changes caused by the introduction of quarantine and social exclusion largely affected the labor relations, especially an issue of the women position in the labor market. The changes in society that the pandemic has caused put the gains in gender equality under a great risk. That was manifested in a reduction of women’s wages and an increase in unemployment. Along with working duties, women, being self-insulated at home, had to engage in children and to do household work. Such a situation can increase the gap in gender roles and also contribute to the development of further gender segregation in various sectors of the economy and professions.