Russia: survey results on women in politics

The opinion poll was conducted on 16-17 July 2011 in Russia about the participation of women in politics. 1,600 respondents in 138 villages from 46 regions of Russian Federation participated in the survey.
According to the survey, only 37 % of respondents would like to see more women participating in Russian politics while in 1998,  there were 45 %. On the contrary, the proportion of those who believe that Russia has enough women politicians increased from 27% in 1998 to 33% in 2011.
Interestingly, 50 % off respondents supports the idea of ​​quotas to guarantee women's representation in government. On the other hand, only 18 % respondents would vote for the Women candidate for the presidential election vs. 44 % for the male candidates.  A third of the respondents would not consider a sex of a candidate while selecting the presidential candidate.
 

To read the complete article in Russian please visit www.regions.ru.