Ministry of Gender Equality & Family Republic of Korea

Background

Development of the "Basic Plan for Gender Equality Policies" every five years to realize gender equality in more practical terms by addressing the gender gap between women and men

Implementation Basis

Vision and Goal

**Policy Goals**
Policy Goals - 5 Major Projects, 14 Implementation Strategies
5 Major Projects	14 Implementation Strategies
1. Create a fair and gender-equal working environment	1. Building a gender-equal job base 2. Revitalizing participation in economic activities 3. Strengthen work-life balance support
2. Building a Care Safety Net for All	1. Strengthen support for child care 2. Promote quality adult care services 3. Improving the treatment of care workers and strengthening capacity
3. Support for violence damage and guarantee of gender-sensitive health rights	1. Guarantee of victims' legal and institutional rights 2. Strengthen gender-based violence response 3. Strengthen gender-wise health policies
4. Gender equality culture where men and women co-exist	1. Creating a gender-equal growth environment 2. Spread of gender equality culture in life 3. Improving gender representation
5. Strengthening the foundation for gender equality policy	1. Policy linkage - Strengthening cooperation system 2. Enhancement of capacity to promote gender mainstreaming

Expansion of Women's Participation in Policy-Making Process

Preparation of the legal ground that prevents one particular gender from exceeding 60% in the membership of a government committee (enforced as of Feb. 14, 2014)
Since 2013, a mid- to long-term (five-year) plan has been established and implemented to expand female participation in decision-making positions, Currently, the 3rd Public Sector Gender Representation Enhancement Plan (2023-2027) is being promoted.
* Conduct an annual inspection and monitoring of the implementation status with the goal of achieving the 40% female participation rate of the government committee

Expansion of Female Public Officials in Public Sector

(Public office) Efforts to spread the proportion of female managers in decision-making positions from the central government to the local government, The proportion of female high-ranking public officials and female public officials at the level of local managers is managed by reflecting them as indicators from 2018 2nd Plan to Improve Women's Representation in Public Sector
① Promotion of expanding the proportion of female high-ranking officials (13.5% target in 2027, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education)
※ Percentage of female high-ranking officials: (2018) 6.7% → (2020) 8.5% → (2022) 11.2% → (2023) 11.7%
② Promotion of expansion of female managers at level 4 or higher in national positions (goal for 2027: 30.0%, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education)
※ Ratio of female civil servants of Grade 4 or higher: (2018) 15.6% → (2020) 20.8% → (2022) 27.4% → (2023) 30.8%
③ Efforts to expand female managers at level 5 or higher in local positions (32.2% target in 2027, in cooperation with the Ministry of Public Administration and Security)
※ Ratio of local female managers: (2013) 9.3% → (2017) 14.8% → (2022) 26.4% → (2023) 28.4%

Expansion of Women Leaders Pool

Fostering of Future Women Leaders identified as a National Policy Project in order to enhance women's representation; and Expansion of the "Women Leaders Database"
※Women leaders registered on the database (2013-2023): 47,068 in 2013 → 63,776 in 2014 → 78,960 in 2015 → 94,110 in 2016 → 101,346 in 2017 → 110,208 in 2018 → 120,072 in 2019 → 129,782 in 2020 → 139,596 in 2021 → 151,917 in 2022 → 157,886 in 2023
To utilize the database to identify women leaders with particular talent and career accomplishment so as to recommend them as a candidate for government committees and the executive board of public institutions

Gender Equality Policy