A portrait of an average Belarusian woman was shown in Minsk

Commenting on the result, the deputy head of the department Valery Kovalkov said, among other things, that “thanks to the policy carried out in the country in the field of ensuring equal rights and opportunities, the socio-economic status of women, their contribution to the life of society and the state increases from year to year.”In this regard, he clarified that almost five million representatives of the fair sex currently live in the republic, whose average age is forty-three years.Judging by sociological data, Kovalkov said, the statistical heroine “got a higher education, lives in the city.” Additionally, the majority of women work in health or education, are engaged in financial or insurance activities, and are active Internet users.According to the World Women, Peace and Security Index, Belarus ranks 37th out of 170 countries, ahead of all CIS countries and a number of EU countries. And according to the Gender Gap Index, it ranks 36th out of 146 countries. At the same time, according to the criterion of “economic participation and opportunities”, the republic took fourth place, Kovalkov said.According to the ministry, he added, over the past five years, the role of women has also increased significantly at the decision-making level. As is known, there are no legally established electoral quotas for women in the country, but the indicator declared in international documents on their participation in the decision-making process has been achieved. In the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, the proportion of women is 35.5%, although the world average is only 25%. – Continue in the text.It is also known statistics about the passion of Belarusian women for various sports. One in four of them at the age of 16 is engaged in physical education or attends sports clubs.By the way, there are 1,163 women for every 1,000 men in the republics, and their average age at marriage is just over 26. Last year, nearly 60 percent of women aged 20 to 49 employed in the economy had minor children, the deputy minister added.