Social Support for Family, Motherhood and Childhood: Russia and the World Experience
- Authors: Aliev D.F.1, Gontmakher E.S.1, Trubin V.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Russian State Social University
- Issue: Vol 20, No 3 (2024): FAMILY POLICY AND LIVING STANDARDS. ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY OF LABOR
- Pages: 322-338
- Section: Article of the issue
- Submitted: 16.12.2025
- Accepted: 16.12.2025
- Published: 16.12.2025
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1999-9836/article/view/358286
- ID: 358286
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Abstract
During 2023, the Russian State Social University conducted research work on the analysis of the system of state support for family,
motherhood and childhood in Russia, as well as in the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),
in the post-Soviet space, as well as in the BRICS and BRICS+ member states. The purpose of this article is: firstly, a brief summary of
the results obtained and, secondly, the formation of recommendations for improving the Russian practice of state support for the family,
motherhood and childhood. The authors analyzed in detail the legal, financial and organizational principles of policy in the field under study,
separately presenting the unique Russian experience of introducing maternal (family) capital. The analysis made it possible to establish that
state support and protection of the family, motherhood and childhood is implemented through tools that differ in terms of functions, forms and
directions of action. However, the use of these tools within the framework of strategic planning documents is insufficiently comprehensive
and does not have a single goal setting. In this regard, it seems reasonable to combine and implement all existing instruments of state
support for the family, motherhood and childhood within the framework of an independent national project. It is also advisable to study the
issue of the system of practical implementation of this policy in the structure of a special state institution.
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About the authors
Dzhomart F. Aliev
Russian State Social University
Email: KharchenkoDD@rgsu.net
ORCID iD: 0009-0009-0127-9414
PhD in Economics, DBA, First Vice-Rector of the Russian State Social University
Russian Federation, Russia, MoscowEvgenii Sh. Gontmakher
Russian State Social University
Author for correspondence.
Email: GontmakherESh@rgsu.net
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1060-9111
SPIN-code: 3178-9682
Scopus Author ID: 56538613900
ResearcherId: J-7690-2015
Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Department of Social Institutions and Social Work of the Russian
State Social University
Vladimir V. Trubin
Russian State Social University
Email: Trubinvv@list.ru
SPIN-code: 7208-2045
PhD in Economics, Leading Expert of the Center for Social Research and Technology of the Russian State Social
University
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