Diagnostics of social policy challenges in the field of labor relations of Russian mothers having preschool children

Abstract

The article considers the social policy of the state in the field of labor relations of Russian mothers with preschool children and the main challenges faced by mothers in this area. The author of the research paper analyses such problems as female unemployment, occupational segregation, discrimination; issues associated with the functioning of a socially fair system for designed to protect working mothers, problems associated with combining family obligations and raising children with labor activity. The article is based on the results of the author’s sociological study of representatives of this category conducted by the author in the spring of 2020. The suggestions of respondents for solving the problems under consideration are outlined.

Keywords

• social policy
• labor relations
• female unemployment
• occupational segregation
• female discrimination
• gender inequality
• labor market
• employment
• working mother