women in Russia are finally getting to take on jobs they've been denied for 75 years, like driving metros. They were prohibitied from 455 jobs

The USSR made a rule, prohibiting women from all the professions involving lifting of heavy objects, and bus driver, sailor, paratrooper, airplane pilot or even car mechanic.

In the year 2000, Vladimir Putin made this government rule a law. But in August 2019, the government decided to reduce the list to 98 professions, thus offering women the possibility of holding 358 new positions, including that of metro driver.

The new law, passed in August 2019, will allow women to become truck and bus drivers, airplane pilots or to join the navy.

Professions which involve heavy tasks like welding or repairing aircraft, and certain trades like firefighter, will however always be prohibited to them.

https://detours.canal.fr/apres-75-ans-dinterdiction-les-femmes-russes-vont-pouvoir-conduire-les-metros/