should also carry out comprehensive sexuality education35 so that diverse gender identities can be reflected in school education. Issue 7. Gender Equality 39. The proportion of female lawmakers in the 21st National Assembly of the Republic of Korea stands at 19 percent, ranking 121st out of 190 countries according to the InterParliamentary Union, which is less than the global average of 25.6 percent for the proportion of women in parliament as of 2021.36 While the Government implemented the Plan to Enhance Women Representation in the Public Sector (2018-2022), it achieved all the targets in 12 areas in a 2019 progress review thereof. However, the thresholds for accomplishing the targets are so low that it is difficult to conclude that the Government has practicably established a foundation to elevate gender equality.37 40. In order to expand women’s participation in politics, the NHRCK recommended the National Assembly and the political parties, in March 2022, to amend the Political Parties Act and the Public Official Election Act to introduce a compulsory electoral gender quota system when nominating candidates for national and local legislators so that a particular gender cannot exceed 60 percent of the candidates. However, the National Assembly and the parties did not accept the recommendation. 41. Proposed recommendation: In order to enhance women’s participation and genderbalanced representation in politics, the State party should adopt measures to preclude the ratio of a particular gender in the candidates for national legislators, local legislators and the heads of local governments from exceeding six-tenths of nominated candidates.38 The State party should also make it clear that political parties have responsibility to guarantee the right to equal participation of women and men in politics through elections, and it should lay down applicable provisions to enable the parties to do so.39 Issue 8. Violence against Women 42. With the spread of the #MeToo movement in 2018, the Government announced and implemented sector-specific measures to eradicate sexual violence in the public sector, the workplace, and the fields of culture, arts and sports. In such measures, the Government specified the legal definition of ‘victimization’ in order to prevent the victimization of sexual violence victims. However, the problem of victim-blaming surrounding the “false accusation of sexual violence” and the social demand for victimhood or “victim-like” attitude have not yet been resolved. There is a growing concern that such allegations are being misused as a 10