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 [...]
GWANGJU, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Single men and women have different reasons for having second thoughts about marriage, a survey showed Tuesday. The Gwangju Foundation for Women and Family conducted a survey of 1,614 single men and women living in the southwestern city of Gwangju between the ages of 20 and 39, in which [...]
NEW YORK, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — As millions resign from their jobs to seek opportunities elsewhere and organizations face a 15-year high in talent shortages, companies are racing to offer creative new perks and benefits to avoid the cost of losing talent. The better answer is to invest more in women leaders. The latest study by [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Female workers account for nearly a quarter of all employees with major South Korean companies, with their pay amounting to nearly 70 percent of that for male counterparts, data showed Monday. The country’s 150 key companies hired about 199,700 women workers as of end-2020, or 24 percent of their [...]
Rueil-Malmaison (France), Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Schneider Electric, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced its work with the World Woman Foundation to promote the role of women in the energy sector. To mark International Women’s Day on March 8, women leaders from the world of energy will share their [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Women working in the field of web-based platforms earn less than 80 percent of what men typically earn for similar work, a government report said Thursday. The state-run Korea Employment Information Service conducted a survey of 1,023 web-based platform workers in September and October of last year, which showed [...]