Development of gender equality in civil service in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Abstract

For a long time, the position of women in the Republic of Kazakhstan in all sectors of society (state,
public, and business) was not considered as a separate strategic direction. Most of the scientific research was
conducted on the distribution of socio-economic and family roles, defining the role of women, and assessing
their contribution to the family economy, professional employment of women and their labor activity, as well as
the political status of women from a legal standpoint (participation in elections, the presence of political rights,
etc.). The issues of career growth, achievement of a certain leadership status and professional self-realization of women in the administrative and political public service and the degree of influence of a woman on the
decision-making process and the definition of policy in a particular field of activity began to be addressed only
in recent years.
The article presents the results of a semi-structured in-depth interview with 32 women - civil servants, as
well as a questionnaire survey among 950 women - civil servants working in executive and representative
government bodies.