Opinion of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea
Submitted to the Pre-sessional Working Group of the United
Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against
Women
(Consideration of the 9th Periodic Report of the Republic of
Korea)
Table of Contents
Introduction ··································································································· 2
Issue 1: The Attempt to Abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family ······················· 2
Issue 2: The COVID-19 Pandemic and Women’s Rights ··············································· 3
Issue 3: Absence of an Anti-discrimination Legislation (Equality Act) ······························· 4
Issue 4: Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence ·················································· 5
Issue 5: Underrepresentation of Women ··································································· 6
Issue 6: Right to Family in Diverse Forms ································································ 7
Issue 7: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) ········································· 8
Issue 8: Gender Inequality in the Armed Forces ························································· 9
Issue 9: Gender Discrimination in the Labor Market, Including the Gender Wage Gap ···········10
Issue 10: Absence of Measures to Eradicate Discrimination Against Sexual Minority Women ··11
Issue 11: Human Rights of Migrant Women in Korea··················································11
Issue 12: Decriminalization of Women in Prostitution and the State Responsibility ···············12
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