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 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost three out of 10 women in Seoul believe they can have babies outside marriage, a city government report showed Thursday. According to the report, 28.1 percent of women and 31.6 percent of men living in the capital said they can have children even if they are not married. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — 6 out of 10 South Korean women who gave birth last year worked during their pregnancy, more than 75 percent of whom returned or plan to return to work after giving birth, a survey showed Wednesday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare conducted a survey of 3,127 women who [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Women living alone tend to remain alone longer than their male counterparts, allocating a significant amount of time to self-management and resting. The Korea Women’s Development Institute, based on an analysis of a 2019 study conducted by Statistics Korea, reported that women living alone sleep for an average of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), South Korea’s state overseas aid agency, announced that it has built vocational training centers for women in Kogon, Qorako’l, and Shofirkon in Uzbekistan’s Bukhara region. These three districts have been known to struggle with high unemployment among women and have also been hit [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s female population expanded slightly over 1 percent over the past five years to surpass the 25 million mark in 2020, census data showed Monday. The number of women in Asia’s fourth-largest economy stood at 25.16 million last year, up 275,000 from five years earlier, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Female consumers are increasingly opting for alternative underwear products — ones with comfortable, practical and stylish features — over form-fitting shapewear which has traditionally been the preferred choice for women eager for figure-enhancing powers. Noticeably, a desire for comfort and practicality among women is driving a shift in consumer [...]