violence issues plaguing female youth should be considered in the development of housing policies by the Government. 26. Statistics on Female Migrant Workers (List of Issues 23) 99. As of 2016, the number of female migrant workers is 324,000; accounting for 33.7% of the total foreign workforce and the share is constantly increasing 42. The major areas of employment are wholesale/retail, accommodation and restaurants (39.5%), business, private and public services (27.4%) and manufacture (26.5%). Meanwhile, women are paid less than men as 74.3% of female migrant workers make less than 2 million won per month while 42.7% of male migrant workers earn less than 2 million won and 57.3% of them make two million or more per month. 100. According to the Fact-finding Research on Human Rights Situation of Female Migrant Workers in the Manufacturing Sector conducted by the NHRCK in 2016, gender wage gap was the most common discrimination experienced by women migrant workers in the workplace which was followed by gender discrimination in employment and disadvantage due to family care, pregnancy and childbirth. [Illustration] Experiences of Discrimination against Women 42 255,000 in 2013, 284,000 in 2014, 312,000 in 2015 and 324,000 in 2016

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