Information on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of Korea ② According to the 2011 Survey on Persons with Disabilities, the proportion of women with disabilities with no school education stood at 22.1%, five times more than that of men with disabilities (4.4%). The percentage of women with disabilities with a bachelor degree or higher was 5.9%, accounting for only one third of men with disabilities with a bachelor degree (16.5%). Furthermore, the employment rate of women with disabilities reached 22.7%, representing only half of the total employment rate of women (48.1%) and men with disabilities (44.8%). ③ The 2012 White Paper on Persons with Disabilities (Korea Disabled People’s Development Institute (KODDI), 2012. 12) points out that the exclusion of women with disabilities from educational opportunities ultimately leads to difficulties in employment and, after employment, poor working conditions and low wages, creating a vicious cycle of poverty among women with disabilities. 2) Recommendation ① In order to increase educational opportunities for women with disabilities who are considerably marginalized from formal education compared to men with disabilities and women without disabilities, plans must be devised and implemented to strengthen education for women with disabilities so they are no longer excluded from formal education. 3.2 Lack of maternity protection and prevention of violence for women with disabilities 1) Current status and problems ① According to the results of the 2008 Survey on Persons with Disabilities conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, 48.7% of women with disabilities experienced miscarriages, and 9.9% experienced violations of the right of self-determination during pregnancy and childbirth. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION OF KOREA 5