discrimination based on education, gender, age, wealth, family relation, appearance,
religion, disability, and military service record in hiring, carry out more in-depth analysis
and identify concrete examples of discriminatory practices at work, and utilize the analysis
to develop policy measures.
Issue of discrimination in hiring practices were typically focused on victims such as
women, people with disabilities, and older workers, with gender discrimination being the
most prominent subject demanding intense research. The purpose of the survey was to
objectively analyze and examine discriminatory hiring practices which were only assumed
or alleged previously. As a result, it found direct discrimination and human rights violation
committed by employers that might be deemed as infringement of applicable regulations,
which requires vigilant monitoring and supervision by the government and employers. It
was necessary for employers to develop hiring measures to put an end to imposing the
controversial practice of application eligibility as well as demanding excessive personal
information from applicants, while the government should provide policy support to enable
employers to develop diverse recruiting tools.
E. On-site research on Human Rights Education at Elementary, Middle, and High
Schools
The Commission retained the service of the Korean Women’s Development Institute to
conduct a survey of human rights education status at elementary, middle, and high schools
in Korea including progress review of promoting human rights education at schools, one of
key strategic projects of the Commission, identifying issues and limitations, and measures
for enhancement.
To get a comprehensive picture of human rights contents featured in the curriculum and
textbooks of elementary, middle, and high schools, the Commission reviewed human rights
contents and elements featured in the Ethics and Social Studies Curriculum of 2007, 89
textbooks developed under the revised 2007 Curriculum, and Social Studies Curriculum
that was subject to the most extensive revision under the 2009 Curriculum Revision. Upon
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