85. Korea has built a foundation to conduct sex education and gender equality education in the Framework Act on Education, the Framework Act on Gender Equality, the Sexual Violence Prevention and Victims Protection Act, the School Health Act, the Act on the Prevention of Commercial Sex Acts and Protection, etc. of Victims and the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles against Sexual Abuse 31 . Nevertheless, sexual violence and sex traffic have been continuously increasing. Thus, calls for the reinforcement of the effectiveness of sex education and gender equality education in public education have continued in and out of Korea32. 86. “The National Sex Education Standards” developed by the Ministry of Education in 2015 comprises of six major areas (human development, human relationship, coping skills, sexual behavior, sexual health, society and culture) considering developmental stages with the aim of helping students establish values and attitude about sex and develop awareness of the pricelessness of life and sense of responsibility. It also includes proper knowledge about sex, sexual health, the prevention of pregnancy in adolescents, responsible sexual acts, values and norms on sex. However, since the release of the content, issues have been constantly raised by organizations specialized in education, women and sex education as well as sexual minority human rights groups and international human rights groups which claim that the content and the guidelines33 rather infringe on adolescents’ right to health, information, education and human rights34. 87. The most controversial parts in the National Sex Education Standards are the content of the training to prevent sexual violence which fortifies gender31 Article 17 (2) and 17(4) of the Framework Act on Education, Article 18 (1) and Article 36 of the Framework Act on Gender Equality, Article 5 of the Sexual Violence Prevention and Victims Protection Act, Article 5 of the Act on the Prevention of Commercial Sex Acts and Protection, etc. of Victims, Article (9) of the School Health Act, Article 47 of the Act on the Protection of Children and Juveniles against Sexual Abuse 32 The 47th CEDAW Concluding Observations No. 29 (2011) 33 Student Welfare Policy Division, Ministry of Education(2015-6325) 34 Issuance of statement and press conferences continued by organizations such as the Gwangju Women Link, the Council for Sex Educators in Daegu and the Seoul Educators’ Council starting from March, 2015 including the press conference of “The Alliance for the Abolishment of National Sex Education Standards 2015” comprising of about 230 groups (August, 2015) followed by an international human rights groups Human Rights Watch delivering a public letter to the Minister of Education (2015).