Title: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

POPLINE Document Number: 055116

Corporate Author(s):

USSR

Source citation:

In: Population perspectives. Statements by world leaders. Second edition, [compiled by] United Nations Fund for Population Activities [UNFPA]. New York, New York, UNFPA, 1985. :163-4.

Abstract:

The goal of the policies established by the Soviet Union are to meet, as much as possible, the growing demand of its people. Marxist-Leninist policies on population states that various facets of the society - economic, social, and cultural - are interrelated; and that each should not be studied separately but in reference to other parts of society that it affects. The Great October Socialist Revolution established a society with equal opportunity for all; women are equal to men in education and make up 51% of persons employed by the States. Concerning reproduction, the government protects the rights of the family and encourages maternity, while working to create conditions worth raising children in. However, that does not mean that the government does not support family planning. The government has established its 11th 5-year plan which will work to encourage technological advances and economic development, while still protecting the family. In 1981, the government adopted a resolution which encourages women to combine motherhood with employment. The government has also implemented policies which work to reorganize health care, limit the growth of large cities, develop small to medium-size towns, and advocate disarmament in pursuit of peace.

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