in 2014 revealed improper cases where reports were not written or the content
was copied from the previous year’s report. Furthermore, the fact that 78.9% of
assessment did not include policy improvement measures shows the system has
been perfunctorily operated. In addition, 52.4% of relevant projects are
concentrated in five organizations including the Ministry of Gender Equality and
Family, the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Ministry of Health and
Welfare while five organizations including the National Assembly, the Supreme
Court, The Ministry of Strategy and Finance and Statistics Korea have recorded 0%
of achievement rate. There are many cases where the target is achieved but the
projects themselves are not related to the improvement in gender equality issues
and other cases where it is hard to find out whether there was an actual
improvement. In order to enhance the effectiveness of the system, the policy
function of the system operation should be strengthened by evaluating whether
the budget was implemented considering gender equality, making efforts to
improve the system through the evaluation results reflected in budgeting and
implementation and setting the gender-responsive national finance management
direction through the Ministry of Strategy and Finance going beyond a simple
collection of budgeting and final accounts document.
[14] Responses to Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence in Workplace (List of
Issues 10)
63. According to diverse sexual crime-related statistics, one out of two workers has
experienced sexual harassment.
“The Analysis on the Current Status of Sexual
Harassment and Responsive Measures through Criminal Policy (December 2016)”
published by the Korean Institute of Criminology surveyed 1,150 workers (698
women and 452 men) and 45% of the respondents answered they “have
experienced sexual harassment.” In case of women, almost half, or 52% have
been exposed to sexual harassment. The number of cases of “sexual crime taking
advantage of a superior position” counted by the National Police Agency was
341 in 2012, 447 in 2013, 449 in 2014, 523 in 2015, 545 in 2016 and 370 as of
August, 2017.