Information Sociology/Sexual Discrimination of Employment/Jeong Hyeonsu

Currently, Sexual Discrimination of Employment  in South Korea


According to the article in September 2017, Korea's female employment rate is 55.7 percent, lower than the OECD average (58.6%). The employment rate gap between males and females stands at 20 percent. Moreover, according to research by the Korean Womens Development Institute of Research in November 2017, administrative position women at public institutions and businesses at a minimum of 2.9 percent were at the lowest rate, most companies failed to reach 20 percent. It is shocking that public institutions are showing signs of sexual discrimination at employment as well. The main reason of this gap is that it is difficult to return to work after childbirth.

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