These policies were implemented so that women were able to work and also look after their family. One may suggest that such policies simply re-emphasized the view that childcare and looking after the family was women’s work and therefore the father was not involved to the same degree. The fact that men were not allowed
to take advantage of flexible working patterns emphasizes this point. Post-1989 and during the development of Russia as an independent state, the country needed to restructure and organizations were required to become more profitable to survive the economic conditions.