Annual Report 2013 round table with experts to develop detailed recommendations for the promotion of female soldiers. The Commission, then, issued recommendations to the Minister of National Defense on October 31, 2013. They include: i) presentation of the long-term vision for the growing number of female soldiers, ensuring gender equality in personnel, establishment of a rational personnel management system considering the life cycle of females; ii) improvement of the conditions for the use of the maternity protection system to maintain work-family balance, and supplement the medical service system; iii) reinforcing the measures to prevent sexual harassment and sexual violence to maintain sound organizational culture, and supplement the complaints reception system for female soldiers; and iv) correction of the discriminatory awareness of female soldiers. K. Recommendation on Building the Foundation for Self-Reliance of the Disabled In advanced countries, notably in Europe and the United States, they emphasize the social participation of the disabled equally with the others based upon the regional society. In the meanwhile, though Korea adopted a policy for small-scale facilities in 2011, the disabled in Korea seem to fall quite short of self-reliance mainly due to the uniform support based on the classes of disability, the weak system for conversion from the facilities to regional society, and lack of such foundational preparations as housing, income, and employment for settlement in regional society. 46 ▪▪▪ Part II. Major Activities of the Commission