today is International Women's Day a
global day to promote gender equality
and women's rights South Korea also
plans to mark the day in its own way
with various events however for women
and female workers here in South Korea
statistics show they don't get a fair
shake of the stick compared to their
male counterparts suburban reports
International Women's Day is celebrated
every year on March 8th South Korea has
also been commemorating the date since
1985 in order to promote gender equality
and women's rights in honor of
International Women's Day here's a look
at where women stand in Korean society I
can only tell you how poor female
workers rights are in South Korea and
how bad the realities for many female
workers the percentage of low-wage
female workers is 35.2% the highest in
the OECD this statistic alone highlights
the dire working conditions facing
female workers in South Korea according
to data women in South Korea are forced
to endure the worst working conditions
out of 33 oacd countries as for the
gender wage gap South Korea has the
largest gap in the OECD with women
earning a staggering 36 percent less
than men on average the corporate glass
ceiling is also proving almost
unbreakable for women in South Korea
latest data shows only one out of every
100 executives as South Korea's top 30
conglomerates are women only 21 women
had a business groups in South Korea
representing a mere 1.3 percent of the
total yes there's still gender
discrimination in employment in such a
work climate men are all about
qualifications and women who can match
them get demoted or even Elstad from the
company the moon jaein administration
pledged last year to make South Korean
society more equal and fair the aim was
for women to hold 10% of high-ranking
government positions and 1/5 of
executive positions
public companies but this code remains
elusive the government isn't doing much
they're supposed to be supervising labor
conditions better and that's why women's
rights are not being handled properly
the government should make women's issue
a priority and provide proper measures
gender equality and women's rights is
key to South Korea Social Development
the country still has a long way to go
to become an equal society but their
participation and cooperation
there's hope the situation will begin to
gradually improve Sabah bean Arirang
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