Russia Ends Ban on Hundreds of Jobs Previously Unavailable to Women

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It’s a new era for Russian women, at least if they’re aspiring truckers, boat drivers, or pilots. Russia’s government has opened up several hundred professions that previously barred women under late-Soviet-era labor restrictions. From Moscow, Charles Maynes reports.

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