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Feminism in South Korea is the origin and history of feminism or women's rights in South Korea.
As of 2023, South Korea ranked 105th out of 146 countries in the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Index which evaluates gender-based gaps in education, welfare, employment, and political power.[1][2]
Women's suffrage in South Korea was included in Article 11 of the national constitution in 1948, which states that "all citizens shall be equal before the law, and there shall be no discrimination in political, economic, social or cultural life on account of sex, religion or social status."[3] The feminist or women's rights movement in South Korea is quite recent compared to first wave and second-wave feminism in the Western world. While drastic changes in the workplace and economy have been implemented as a result of the industrialization of the economy and globalization, there has been less change in cultural values in South Korean society.[4]
^Korea, Ministry of Gender Equality & Family Republic of. "Ministry of Gender Equality & Family Republic of Korea". Ministry of Gender Equality & Family Republic of Korea. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
^"Global Gender Gap Report 2023". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
^Korea (South)., & Korea (South). (July 1959). The constitution of the Republic of Korea. Seoul via Office of Public Information, Republic of Korea.
^Park, Kyung Ae (January 1993). "Women and development: The case of South Korea". Comparative Politics. 25 (2): 127–145. doi:10.2307/422348. JSTOR 422348.
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