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- The participation rate of the women’s economic activities is very low compared to men in the developed countries
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Korea U.S.A England Denmark Australia OECD Average 53.9% 69.0% 70.2% 77.3% 70.1% 61.3% - Unlike the developed countries (Reverse U type), the M curve phenomenon that many women experience the discontinuance of career due to the housekeeping and the burden of the childcare, etc. continues and the phenomenon of low working condition is clear. 67.4%(7million people, 2010) of economically inactive females give up the economic activities due to childcare and housekeeping.
- The marriage rate of the women who graduated from the universities (62.6%) is very low when compared
to the average(82.4%, 2008) of the OECD countries. They tend to give up the employment again after the discontinuance of career(L curve).
The low quality of the women employment
- As for the middle and small enterprise field, the miss-matching phenomenon in which ‘While the women are having a hard time getting jobs, the companies are having a hard time hiring people’ exists.
- ‘The job of the social service field’ that has the big potential creation of woman’s job is insufficient.
- The rate of irregular job among female workers is very high. - The training of the women resources and the maximization of revitalization of them are needed for the
leap of the developed economy as the country’s growing power.
- Need for expanding infrastructure of female career development:
「 The government builds the development cooperation promotion system of the
woman resources」 
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Causes Measures Assigned Departments Rearing of children and housekeeping burden Support of childcare and after-school courses Ministry of Health & Welfare, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Difficult to get a good job that adolescent women want Customized job training for the women who graduated from the universities and career development Ministry of Gender Equality & Family Ministry of Employment and Labor Difficult to reenter the labor market after the discontinuance of career Establishment of the overall employment support system for the women having discontinuance of career Ministry of Gender Equality & Family Ministry of Employment and Labor Poor working condition and environment for women Equal personnel administration of the both genders Ministry of Employment and Labor, Ministry of Gender Equality & Family Coexisting support for job and home affairs Ministry of Health & Welfare, Ministry of Employment and Labor, Ministry of Gender Equality & Family The woman-friendly working environment Ministry of Gender Equality & Famliy Ministry of Employment and Labor
- Purpose
- Act on Promotion of Economic Activities of Career-Interrupted Women contributes to the economic independence and the self realization and the continuous development through
the promotion of economic activities such as women of career interruption. - Promotion Background
- The percentage of economically active females('08, 62.6%) is the lowest level within the OECD countries. The career interruption due to childcare and housekeeping and the difficulty
of re-employment are the main causes.
- Therefore, the duties of the national and local governments and the legal basis of the policy promotion to promote the economic activities such as women of career interruption need to be prepared. - Promotion Process
- The National Assembly voted for the Act on Promotion of Economic Activities of Career
- Interrupted Women (May. 16th, 2008) and announced it (Jun. 05th, 2008).
※ The Ministry of Gender Equality & Family and the Ministry of Employment and Labor enacted the law.
- Enacted and pronounced the ordinance and the regulations
of the Act on Promotion of Economic Activities of Career Interrupted Women (Dec. 03rd, 2008)
- Enforced the Act on Promotion of Economic Activities of Career-Interrupted Women
(Dec. 6th, 2008) - Main Content
- The applicable object of the bill is the women who stopped the economic activity due to pregnancy, childbirth and child care, etc. or have never experienced any economic activity
(Law Article 2)
- Established and enforced the basic law of the Act on Promotion of Economic
Activities of Career-Interrupted Women (Law Article 4)
- Make an effort to construct the labor environment of the business owner, research the actual condition related to the economic activity such as women of career interruption, select the promising job, support the entry, support the internship.
Preventive measures on career interruption (Law Articles 3,7,9,11,12)
- More clearly prescribe the function of the administrative support system such as the center for women of career interruption. (Law Article 14)
