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further conflict resolution, strive for the development of a
human rights discourse and for concrete human rights
practice
2) Policy proposals or means analysis in research by individual
researchers
Paek Youngok (2002) inquired into the situation of North Korean refugee women in
China, using categories of sexual exploitation, wage exploitation, forced repatriation,
etc. On this basis she formulated the following means to support North Korean refugee
women.
<Table 2-6> Paek Youngok’s (2002) policy proposals and means
Human Rights situation of North Korean
refugee women in China
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Sexual exploitation
Wage exploitation
Forced repatriation to North Korea
Policy proposals and means
► Efforts to secure refugee status for persons fleeing
North Korea
► Efforts to stop forced repatriation to North Korea
► International public debates to stop punishment of
North Korean refugees, humanitarian aid to North
Korea
► Elimination of human trafficking and recognition of
lawfulness of marriage
► Support for provisional shelters
► Collaborative activities with national women’s
associations and international organizations
Kim Taehyeon and Roh Chiyeong (2003) analyzed the lives of North Korean refugee
women employing an approach of hermeneutic phenomenology; with regard to North
Korean refugee women sojourning in China they suggested the following support
measures:
<Table 2-7> Kim Taehyeon’s and Roh Chiyeong’s (2003) measures to support North Korean refugee
women
Lives of North Korean refugee women
in China
Support measures