SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of women who had planned to have a child within two years have yet to give birth, a study showed Wednesday. The Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families (2008 to 2018) conducted on married women between 15 and 49 years of age showed that only 30 [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The quality of employment among women and seniors has deteriorated during the pandemic era, South Korea’s central bank said Monday. The Bank of Korea (BOK) reported Monday that 41.6 percent of female senior workers over 60 years were categorized as ‘more-or-less vulnerable’ as of April this year, while 3.4 [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — While parents with toddlers or young children believe that child-rearing should be shared between husband and wife, women still take on most of the responsibilities of child-rearing in reality, a poll showed Tuesday. The Korea Institute of Child Care and Education conducted a nationwide survey of 1,228 parents with [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog on Thursday recommended revising laws to ensure that a certain gender does not exceed 60 percent of election nominations in an effort to prevent underrepresentation of women. The National Human Rights Commission made the recommendation, emphasizing the need to amend the Political Party Law [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Online shopping has become a new normal in everyday life amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, with fashion platforms segmented by age group. Brandi, a well-known fashion ecommerce application for women, recently launched a new shopping app PLARE that specifically targets women in their 30s. The company pointed out that [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Korean people think women are not treated equally to men, a government survey showed Tuesday. According to the quinquennial government study, 53.4 percent of respondents said South Korea is not an equal society for women, down from 62.6 percent tallied in 2016. By gender, [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Voters in their 20s and 30s demonstrated different views during the presidential election, which also revealed differences in their views on human rights, the state human rights watchdog said Sunday. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea conducted a nationwide survey of 5,770 people under 30, in which 82.3 [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a major public divide over the issue of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s vow to abolish the Ministry of Gender and Equality, two-thirds of South Koreans in their 20s believed that gender equality policies should be prioritized on the government’s agenda, a women’s think tank said Wednesday. The Korean Women’s [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The dramatic victory of the conservative President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol is leading to opposition from women in their 20s and 30s. In protest against his policies and pledges that are seen as anti-women, many young Korean women are stepping up to ‘boycott childbirth’ during his presidency. A number of posts [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Companies utilizing so-called “FemTech” or female technology to offer gender-related information and medical services to women are on the rise. My Own Room, an app developed by startup AROOO, specializes in offering gender-related information to women. The app is exclusively available for women, in which members can share their [...]