Annual Report 2014
Based on the investigation results, the Commission, on November 25, 2014, presented
its recommendations on the need for institutional improvements pertaining to the guarantee
of human rights of children to the Mayor of Seoul, the Governor of Gyeonggi Province,
and the heads of local governments governing the investigated facilities as follows: i)
to establish procedures with which a child or his/her protector can choose the most
appropriate facility by providing full information on the management system and amenities
of each facility; ii) to ensure all documents, including the counseling report of a child
and his/her guardian at local governments and temporary facilities, be transferred to
the selected facility without omission so that the facility can arrange systematic preparedness
for the protection of the child; iii) to ensure the disposition of a clinical counselor within
legal deadlines pursuant to Article 54 of the Child Welfare Act and Article 52 of the
Enforcement Decree of the same Act and support for the protected child to receive relevant
psychological tests in time before the clinical counselor is placed; iv) to have a staff
member dedicated to provide support for independence development and facilitate tailored
program to the child’s characteristics and capacity from the first day of admission and
to take measures for expertise and capacity building of the staff in charge of self-reliance
programs in order to ensure the efficacy of such programs; and v) to supervise each
facility to address problems identified during the on-site investigation.
L. Policy Recommendation on the Situation of Low-Wage
Non-Regular Female Workers
As for the promotion of human rights of non-regular female workers facing a number
of overlapping challenges of employment discrimination and gender discrimination,
the Commission conducted the survey on the status of wages for non-regular female
workers in 2013 which showed a high percentage of non-regular female workers have
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II. Major Activities of the Commission