Foundation, the participation rate in economic activity was 70.9% for men and 53.5% for women. The monthly salary for women on average is 1.437 million won, which is about 600,000 won lower than that of men at 2.045 million won and about 430,000 won lower than the average of the monthly wage for South Korean women at 1.869 million won. As of 2015, the total take-up rate of livelihood benefits among North Korean defectors is 25.3% in general, 15.1% for men and 29.3% for women25. The higher rate for women is attributable to lower quality jobs and the career break as a result of childbirth and childrearing. Some women opt for livelihood benefits rather than employment because of a low wage. Therefore, measures to increase employment rate of female North Korean defectors and improve working conditions for them are required. Specifically, expansion of educational opportunity including admission to a school is needed. Looking at the academic background of North Korean defectors, 36.2% of men have a degree of junior college or higher education while the figure for women is 33.8%. For women, majority has a degree of junior college and as for men, majority has a college degree.26 [19] Measures to Tackle Human Trafficking in Women (List of Issues 12) 79. Victims of human trafficking for the purpose of sexual traffic are classified as “victims of sexual traffic” 27 under the Act on the Punishment of the Acts of Arranging Sexual Traffic. Therefore, they are entitled to protection and support 25 Ha Hyun-sun (2016),『Assessment on Projects to Support Settlement and Protection of North Korean Refugees』,National Assembly Budget Office, p22. 26 Korea Hana Foundation (2016), 『2016 Survey on Settlement of North Korean Refugees in South Korea, p95. 27 (a) Transferring targeted persons to a third person while holding them under control and management by a deceptive scheme, by force or by other means equivalent thereto for the purposes of making them sell sex or do obscene acts referred to in Article 245 of the Criminal Act, or using them as an object of pictures, videos, etc. depicting sexual intercourse and other obscene scenes;(b) Transferring to a third person juveniles defined in subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Juvenile Protection Act (hereinafter referred to as "juvenile"), persons who have no or weak ability to discern things or make decisions, or persons with serious disabilities determined by Presidential Decree who are targeted for the same purposes as those under item (a) while holding them under control and management in return for providing or promising to provide money or valuables, such as pre-payments, and other property gains to such juveniles or persons or to persons who protect or guard the said persons;(c) Transferring targeted persons for the same purposes as those under item (a) or for the purpose of resale, in awareness that acts referred to in items (a) and (b) take place; (d) Recruiting, moving and hiding targeted persons for acts referred to in items (a) through (c); (Article 2 (1-3), Act on the Punishment of Acts of Arranging Sexual Traffic)