Issue 14. Enhancement of Rights of Marriage Migrant Women 14-1. Guarantee of stable stay of marriage migrant women 95. According to the Report on Actual Condition of Foreign Residents, the number of marriage migrants including naturalize ones, has increased from about 120,000 in 2007 to about 280,000 in 2017, more than doubled over the past decade. As of 2017, 83.8% of the spouses of citizens who have not acquire nationality were women. 96. According to the Survey on the Status of Multicultural Families, the proportion of marriage migrants who have stayed in Korea for more than 10 years has increased from 36.1% in 2012 to 47.9% in 2015; 30% of marriage migrant women in employment were engaged in simple labor; many of them were employed as non-regular workers; and the proportion of single-person households of migrant women or single-parent households of marriage migrant women and children has increased. 97. A marriage migrant woman must be married to stay in Korea. If the marriage relationship is suspended due to divorce with consent, etc. without having a child of Korean nationality, the marriage migrant status (F-6) is no longer granted and thus they must leave regardless of the period for which they have stayed in Korea. Of the holders of marriage migration status (F-6), 1,433 in 2016 and 1,334 in 2017 have become undocumented migrants. 98. Therefore, it is necessary to prepare legal measures to enable stable stay of marriage migrant women by changing their status of residence when they want to stay in Korea and have means of livelihood even if their marriage has ended. 14-2. Establishment of Marriage and Maintenance of Family Life Based on Human Dignity and Gender Equality 99. The International Marriage Guidance Program by the Ministry of Justice which has started since 2011 allows marriage migrant visas to be issued only when Koreans including women who are preparing for international marriage complete the program. 100. As of 2018, seven countries – China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Cambodia, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and Thailand – have been designated as countries whose citizens are required to take the International Marriage Guidance Program, and the reasons are relatively high divorce rates or high number of 22