Employment opportunities and constraints for women in Moscow

The article considers specifics of the economic activity of women in Moscow. It examines two groups of women - mothers raising children of different age and women in working age without children under 18. The analysis is based not only on the indicators of employment and unemployment, but also on the comparison of their professional skills and positions, working conditions, wish to have a job, need for vocational training, and other employment constraints. The empiric data from the study «Moscow and Muscovites» (2014) makes it possible to identify the services provided to population by employment agencies, which are primarily needed by the unemployed women with children, to answer the question: What is more important for them - assistance in job search or psychological adaptation to workplace, vocational training/retraining or assistance in starting own business?