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Korean Women’s Development Institute (Korean:한국여성정책연구원)was established in 1983 and since then it has been driving the development of Korea’s gender equality policy. It has established an active international network based on its expertise in women’s policy that has accumulated over 30 years. Their International Development Cooperation Center has been promoting various activities to leap and develop into a world-class gender equality policy research institute. The 16th president of Korean Women’s Development Institute is Mun Yoo-kyoung. KWDI provides research and recommendations for establishing national gender equality policies. With this authority, KWDI attempts to support the successful implementation of gender policies in South Korean society, by developing various policy agenda and carrying out data based gender research that incorporates gender perspectives of all ministries. As a global gender research institute, leading an inclusive society in a rapidly changing social environment, KWDI will continue to conduct various research to achieve gender mainstreaming in Korean society.

vision and goal
KWDI’s vision is to become a global gender equality research institute, leading an inclusive society.

KWDI’s mission is to contribute to the establishment of national gender equality policies for realization of gender equal society and to the enhancement of citizen happiness.

KWDI’s goal is to expand the horizon of future-leading gender research. It wants to innovate research management system through knowledge management. Therefore, it demands to establish a sustainable management innovation system.

KWDI’s strategies are - restricting of labour and family policies during the post COVID 19 and digital transformation era, promotion of gender equality for future and expansion of policy areas to respond to gender violence, reinforcement of basic research for effective implementation of gender mainstreaming, reinforcement of virtuous cycle of research planning for policy consumers, innovation of research process through knowledge information sharing, strengthening the hub function of gender research, establishment of fair and transparent management system, creation of change-driven organizational culture.

issue papers
-      Protecting child and youth victims of sexual exploitation and policy response measures: Focusing on the transmission of sexual images and video in 2022-08-29

-       Measures to promote gender mainstreaming in the Offices of Education in 2022-08-29

-       Determining and addressing structural gender discrimination in employment by using statistical evidence in 2022-08-03

-       Measure to strengthen responses to technology- facilitated sexual violence in 2022-08-03

-       Who Were Vulnerable to Childcare Constraints during COVID-19 in 2022-05-30

-       Legal Limitations in Response to Stalking and Measures to Strengthen Victim Protection and Support in 2022-05-30

-       Digital Transformation and the Future of Women’s Labour in 2021-11-10

-       The Experience of Cohabitation without Marriage among Older Women and Policy Implications in 2021-08-31

-       Shifting the Direction of Gender -Based Violence Prevention Policies as Equality Policies in 2021-07-30 etc.

Especially, in “Measures to Strengthen Responses to Technology - Facilitated Sexual Violence Reflecting the Characteristics of The Crime”- Despite a rapid increase in technology facilitated sexual violence (TFSV), responses to the crime including punishment remain lagging behind. Here they are examining the characteristics of TFSV and the limitations of existing laws in responses to the crime and discuss measures to improve the legal system.

research projects
-       A Study on Female Participation in the National Employment Support System and Suggestions for improving to the Female Employment Service System in 2021 by Jeong Seongmi

-       Study On Ways for Legislation to Reinforce the Protection and Support of Stalking Victims in 2021 by Kim Jeonghye

-       Performance Evaluation and Policy Agenda of National Tasks on Gender Equality in 2021 by Choi Yoojin

-       A study of improving medical access for safe abortion in 2020 byKim Dongsik

-       A Study Gender Gender Statistics of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2021 by Joo Jaeseon

-       Ways to Strengthen the Function of Feedback in the Gender Responsive Budget Closing System in 2021 by Park SooBum

-       Ways to Link in-depth Evaluation System and the Gender Budgeting System (III) in 2021 by Kim Hyojoo

Ways of Legislative Improvement in Response to Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence in 2021 by Kim Jeonghye etc

establishment of gender equality policy in women's lives
Various areas of women’s lives have become main issues in establishing and evaluating genderequality policies, and the areas are always closely related to each other. For example, issues in women’s economic activity are not simply related to internal factors of the labor market but they are also closely related to external factors of the labor market, including the structure of families, decision-making structure and relationships in the family, and social and cultural rituals and practices.

The Korean Women’s Development Institute has conducted the Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families (KLoWF), a nationwide panel survey, in order to investigate women’s lives and the structure of families and changes in families since 2006.This longitudinal survey keeps track of changes in women’s status in economic activities by life cycle and job experiences as well as changes in family relationships and values, family types, family formation process and events, and family structure. (2015, KLoWF, Annual Report)

international cooperation
International Cooperation Promotion Project Center for International Development and Cooperation is promoting various exchanges and cooperation with international organizations and overseas related organizations with the aim of internationalizing research capabilities and advancing Korean women's policies. Through holding international conferences, dispatching researchers abroad, and inviting foreign experts, we are strengthening our international capabilities, discovering leading policy agendas, and promoting international spread of research results. In addition, we are laying the foundation for continuous research exchanges by signing MOUs with leading foreign institutions. Meanwhile, before and after joining the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC), we have been actively conducting research and business activities for development cooperation in Korea and mainstreaming sex related to public development assistance (ODA). Since 2011, it has been carrying out the multi-year ODA research project, "The Asia-Pacific Gender Equality Policy Infrastructure Reinforcement Project," and is actively participating in discussions on the gender maintenance of international development cooperation through various cooperation with domestic and foreign ODA-related ministries and institutions.

Commissioned by the ministry of Gender Equality and Family in 2015, KWDI compiled gender profiles of 24 countries with the result of a comprehensive gender analysis of the situation of women and men. The 24 countries are; Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar from the region Asia; Ghana, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Senegal from the region Africa; Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan from the region Central Asia;Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay from the region Latin America.

joint research with multilateral agencies
Joint Research with Multilateral Agencies are;

- ‘Enhancing Women’s and Girls’ Safety and Mobility in Public Spaces: Review of Evidence and Lessons learned from Selected Countries in the Asia and the Pacific’ - by UN Women Asia and the Pacific in 2016;

- ‘A Complex Formula: Girls and Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in Asia’ - by UNESCO Bangkok in 2015;

- ‘Gender ,Jobs and Education: Prospects and Realities in the Asia - Pacific’ by UNESCO Bangkok in 2013.

In the detail of ‘Gender, Jobs and Education: Prospects and Realities in the Asia - Pacific’ by UNESCO Bangkok in 2013, they realized the need for a Gender-Sensitive Approach to Addressing the Gender/Class Gap in Digital Infrastructure Accessibility.

In this regard, they conducted a survey on 5,000 Korean men and women aged 18~69 to figure out the Korean public’s perception of social changes brought by digital transformation, identify the gender gap in terms of digital accessibility and utilization, and thereby to provide the basic data for establishing mid-to-long-term strategies of gender equality policy. More women than men had experience of seeking jobs through online platforms, and there was a large gap in their job-seeking experience depending on whether they own a personal computer or not. Only 25.4% of the survey participants were ‘currently not employed’, but 4 out of 10 such participants answered that they have sought jobs through online platforms (Internet website, mobile app, etc.) for 3 months previous to the survey period. In terms of gender, women (44.3%) had more experience of seeking jobs through online platforms than men (42.6%). Particularly, the gender gap based on the employment status and socioeconomic status was the most significant (12.1%p) in the group of non-wage workers such as self-employed people, employers, and unpaid family workers, where 51.9% of women and 39.8% of men had the experience of seeking jobs through online platforms.

In conclusion, this study confirms that women have sufficient capabilities to adapt to digital transformation, as shown in the survey result where more women than men have the experience of using digital devices and seeking jobs through online platforms. Nevertheless, women in particular, women with low subjective class status had lower access to digital infrastructure such as a personal computer, compared to men. Therefore, efforts are needed to ensure universal access to digital infrastructure. Kim Seona(Associate Research Fellow, Center for Gender Equality Strategy, KWDI), Jeong Yunmi (Researcher, Center for Gender Equality Strategy, KWDI)

special briefs on covid-19 crisis
Marking the end of the first year of the COVID-19 crisis, the Korean Women's Development Institute (KWDI) decided to publish three special briefs in order to reflect on the transformed lives of women over the past year and predict how the crisis, which has yet to end, will shift the characteristics of gender inequality in our society. Based on the survey conducted from November to December last year targeting 3,007 female workers, this special report diagnoses the changes in women's work and care along with the government policies designed to address them, and thereby proposes policy implications for achieving a sustainable gender equal society during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Korean Women's Development Institute (KWDI) surveyed people working in the care and education sectors with a typically high concentration of female workers, including domestic workers, childcare providers, and after-school teachers, to investigate the changes in their jobs and incomes before and after the COVID-19 crisis and to analyze policy requests. All three groups including domestic workers, childcare providers, and after-school teachers reported some degree of job and income reduction. The survey found that domestic workers and after-school teachers mainly provided face-to-face service and had relatively low Employment Insurance subscription rates asthey are categorized as non-salaried workers. Childcare providers were found to have relatively high Employment.

research publications
-  Preparatory Research on 9th National Report on CEDAW of the Republic of Korea in 2021

-A Study on Feminist Foreign Policy Mainstreaming Gender in Foreign and Security Policy; The Case of Feminist Foreign Policy in 2021 managed by Yoon Jiso

- Protection on Refuge Assistance; A Case Study on Women and Children Programs in 2020

- Evaluation of Vocational Development Program for Women (VDPW) (2017-2019) and Suggestions for improvement in 2020

- Development of Training Program and Education Modules for Local Government’s Capacity Building on Gender sensitive Education in Nepal in 2019

- Review of Global Agenda on Gender Equality and South Korea’s Experience in 2019 managed by Jang Eunha

- A Study on Women’s Unions in Southeast Asian Countries and its implications for North Korean Development Cooperation on Gender; Cases from Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar in 2019

- Needs assessment for establishing gender-sensitive learning environment in Nepal in 2018,

- National implementation for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in South Korea: Gender -related Targets and Indicators in 2017 and many more.

women and children policies
- A Review on Decline of Son Preference in South Korea in 2017 managed by Kim Youngtaek

- Law and Policy on the Public Disclosure of Child Sex Traffickers Information in Korea in 2017 managed by Kim Hankyun

- A Study on the Gender-sensitive Textbook Revision in South Korea in 2017 managed by Seol Kyu-joo

- One-Stop Service for Sexual Violence Victims in Korea: The Case of Seoul Sunflower Center (children) in 2016 managed by Woo Gyeong-hui

- Child Care and Education Policies in Korea in 2016 by Lee Mi-hwa

-Women’s Political Empowerment: The Case of Parliamentary Monitoring in 2016 managed by Kim Eun-hui

- Policies for Women’s Vocational Education and Business Start-ups in Korea in 2015 managed by Oh Eun-Jin

gender statistics by Korean Women's Development Institute
In 2018 Share of career interrupted women among marred women aged 15 to 54 - 20.5%

In 2019 Share of men among workers on childcare leave - 21.2%

In 2020 Proportion of females among university faculty members - 27.0%

In 2020 Percentage of elected female lawmakers - 11.5%