to be found in health care, physical culture and social security (82%), public education (74%), and culture (73%). In industry, women form 49% of the total пгдтЬег of factory and office workers, and in agriculture - 44%. The smallest number of women is to be found in transport (24%) and building and construction (29%). The USSR systematically introduces measures providing a secure guarantee to exercise the right to work by every women. All those who have completed professional training are given work. Thanks to the steady pace of growth of socialist industry, all women, like all men, are in any case guaranteed full empïoyment. In our country, technical progress doesn't lead to unemployment; on the contrary, it involves women even more fully in new branches of industry and in new kinds of work activity, requiring higher qualifications. In order to improve the range of qualifications of women workers and to create more favourable working conditions for them, all industrial enterprises continue to introduce measures to mechanize manual labour and further to improve the sanitary conditions of women's work. Soviet women not only have an equal right to work; they also have the right to equal pay for equal work. The pay structure, which includes various forms and systems of pay, bonus provisions, etc., is not differentiated according to sex and thus contains no differences in levels of pay for equally qualified men and women working in identical conditions. A feature of the exercise of the Soviet woman's right to work is her ability to obtain employment with favourable working conditions, safe from the point of view of her health and fulfilment of her maternal functions. The Constitution of the USSR guarantees the protection of women's labour and health. The protection of women's labour involves a series of economic, legal, 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the role of women in the workforce, their rights, and the measures taken by the Soviet Union to ensure their employment and well-being. It highlights the progress made in various sectors, such as industry, agriculture, and education, and emphasizes the importance of equal pay and favorable working conditions. The text also touches on the constitutional guarantees of women's labor and health protection.

**Category**
Employment, Education, Health