over 131 million strong. One third of the members of the supreme trades union body - the All-Union Central Trades Unions Council - are women (36%). In republican, district and regional trades unions councils and inspection commissions there are over 47% of women. Women stand at the head of a number of central committees of individual industrial unions, republican and regional trades unions committees, acting as their secretaries and as members of the Presidium of the All-Union Central Trades Unions Council. The Presidium of the All-Union Central Trades Unions Council has a special Women's Affairs Committee. Its members include women factory and office workers, women scientists and cultural workers. The tasks of this committee, and of other similar bodies attached to trades unions committees in industrial enterprises and organizations, include decisions relating to important socio-economic problems of interest to working women, specifically those relating to work and pay, the creation of healthy and safe working conditions, social security, cultural activities, assistance to families, etc. Trades unions committees in industrial firms, enterprises, institutions and organizations, and their inspection committees include 65.4% of women members, with over half the committees chaired by women. One of the manifestations of socialist democracy is the participation of women in the national inspection authorities. One half of the ten million public inspectors are women. Women also participate significantly in cooperative organizations. Over half the shareholders of consumer cooperatives are women. They serve on the elective governing bodies of these cooperatives as well as on inspection and other public control committees. The high level of general education and the constant growth of professional skills and specialist knowledge foimi the basis for the active participation of women in creative technical work. Over 2.5 million women are members of specialist scientific and technical societies. Approximately 180,000 women have been elected to their governing bodies.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the role and participation of women in the workforce, specifically in the Soviet Union, focusing on their representation in trade unions, committees, and cooperative organizations. The text highlights the high level of education and professional skills among women, which enables their active participation in creative technical work and leadership positions.

**Category**
Employment, Education