Key Activities 3. Key Petitions A. Gender Discrimination Male candidates excluded from special admission to a college flight operations department On January 23, the Commission recommended the dean of a community college to modify the admission criteria of the flight operations department so that it is not limited to a specific gender. The Commission concluded that special college admissions are essentially designed to attract students with specific experience or talent, but gender is not a specific experience or talent. The fact that newly hired flight attendants are largely female is a result of a gender stereotype, which in turn fostered a discriminatory hiring structure. Also, gender is not a vocational characteristic that is absolutely critical in fostering a professional force. While acknowledging that the aspiration of an impressive job placement rate is a realistic challenge that the college faces, the Commission concluded that the employment rate is a goal that the institution must achieve, and not a reason justifying the gender discrimination in admission. Thus, taking applications from a specific gender constitutes a discrimination based on gender without a justifiable reason. The college accepted the recommendation of the Commission and notified that it would change its admission policy and remove the gender limitation starting from the 2022 admission. Discrimination against women caused by limited interpretation of the term jangson Concluding that it is discriminatory to limit the interpretation of jangson (literally meaning “the eldest grandchild”) to ‘the eldest son of the eldest son’ in an employment support program targeting the eldest grandchildren of persons of distinguished service to the state, the Commission on March 20 recommended the Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs to develop specific, gender-equal remedial actions. The Commission concluded that, despite the abolition of the patriarchal family registry system and the noticeable change in the public perception of family functions and parental roles, limiting the concept of jangson (literally “the eldest grandchild”), who is the succeeding head of family, to 98