Sunday, December 14, 2008

Gender inequality hinders Korea's advancement

Social services provided by governments are becoming more crucial as women's roles in economy are getting important. In Korea, as the wasted female labor is a big obstacle for economic development, the government seeks hard for solutions.

The World Economic Forum publishes Global Gender Gap Index every year, which shows the level of inequality in a country. I think it is also interesting to look at.
http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Gender%20Gap/index.htm

Based on the report linked above, let's share where your countries are located in terms of gender inequality and real stories about inequality in your countires.

1 comment:

Casey said...

I do believe that there are some gender inequality still left for the society in Korea, and it is interesting how this can be an obstacle for economic development. However, I believe that due to series of development, there has been many changes in the Korean society including the gender inequality. Although there many problmes left for it to be solve, I believe that this inequality will decrease as observed from the past.