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Female Employees Hit Harder by Economic Fallout from COVID-19

SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The new coronavirus pandemic has had a more negative impact on the employment of women than that of men in South Korea, data showed Friday. The number of employed women stood at 11.58 million last month, down 2.4 percent from 11.87 million a year earlier, according to a report [...]

One in Ten Female Migrant Workers Experience Sexual Harassment in Korea

SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – It is reported that female migrant workers are easily exposed to one of the worst human rights violations, sexual abuse, in South Korea. Of the migrant women working in South Korea, 10.7 percent went through sexual harassment or sexual assault, according to data conducted by a human rights advocacy [...]