private entities, and should provide for effective remedies.” (para. 13) Question 4. Please provide the Government’s position and plans with regard to the NHRCK’s recommendation on the third NAP to enact a comprehensive anti-discrimination law. Issue 2: The lowest women’s representation among OECD countries Current situation 5. The Republic of Korea comes in the 116th place out of 144 countries according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2016 published by the World Economic Forum. The Economist’s Glass-Ceiling Index, evaluating overall scores including women’s higher education, women in managerial positions, and the number of femae members of parliament, also shows that the Republic of Korea comes at the lowest among 29 OECD countries scoring 25 points out of 100. 6. While women actively participate in many aspects of society, women’s representation in the public sector still remains low. The Republic of Korea comes in the 106th place in the “Women in Parliament” index by the Inter-Parliamentary Union with 17 percent representation of women in the National Assembly in 2016, although the number is higher than that of 15.7% in 2012. In August 2016, the women’s representation in the National Assembly was lower than the global average, 22.8 per cent, by more than 5 per cent and in need of continuous efforts. The issue of women’s low representation is even worse in local elections, and the number of women elected in the 2014 nationwide local elections was only 8.2 per cent. However, in the municipal council elections, the number of women elected was 274 out of total 1,152 in 2010 representing 10.9 per cent, and continued to increase to up to 14.6 % in the 2014 local elections; nevertheless, the representation is still below the proportion of women in the National Assembly (Election Statistics System, National Election Commission). 7. According to the Statistical Yearbook (2016) of the Ministry of Personnel Management, the proportion of female public officials accounts for almost half, 49.4 per cent, however, the proportions of female officials in influential positions remain very low. The figures of female officials in Level 4 or higher positions were 11.3%, in Senior Executive Services 3.4 per cent, and in political services 7.1 3