SFWF NewsⅢ
2022 Gender Mainstreaming System Development Forum
‘Seoul Metropolitan
Government’s 2030 policy
and gender mainstreaming’
SFWF NewsⅢ
SFWF has been designated as Seoul’s Gender Impact Assessment Center, and has conducted gender impact assessments and promoted gender mainstreaming on laws, promotional materials, and projects of Seoul Metropolitan Government, district offices in Seoul, and Seoul Office of Education. The Gender Impact Assessment Center shares the progress of gender mainstreaming with citizens, policymakers, and other stakeholders and holds Gender Mainstreaming System Development Forum every year.
In 2022, under the theme of ‘Work and Life of Young People in Seoul with Gender Statistics’, and as a part of ‘Mom and Dad Happiness Project’ and Seoul Vision 2030’s main goal to improve work environment and welfare for younger generations, SFWF has prepared an opportunity to share the reality of labor and parenting in the form of gender analysis statistics. In particular, it was an insightful forum to examine the reality of young people in Seoul, discuss future policymaking and gender statistics through topics such as job experience and environment, parenting, single-person households and other various forms of households, and mental health.
Employment Status of 2030’s Women and Men
Despite the fact that women enter the labor market faster than men, it is difficult to maintain a career due to childbirth and child-caring.
- - The employment rate is increased to 25-29 years for women, 30-39 years for men.
- - The large employment rate gap is to young households with children (women(73.4%), men(95.5%))
※ Resource: Seoul survey for young generation(2020)
One thing to look at among the analysis results is that young women in Seoul still have a high rate of leaving the labor market due to childbirth and childcare. In addition, women(59.4%) have higher demand for work-life balance support system than men (55.3%), while women have less experience using the actul system. Therefore, there needs to be update and improvement in polices and systems.
Uncomfortable experience for living after independent : Safety
52.9% 2030’s women one-person households response ‘Poor safety after independent’
- - 2.4 times greater than that of men
※ Resource: Seoul survey for young generation(2020)
Gender statistics of single-person households among young people showed that 52.9% of single-person hoseholds felt housing anxiety, and 26.4% said they had no one to ask for help in difficult situations. In addition, 50.5% of young women have experienced digital sexual crimes directly or indirectly, and there is a high demand for not only persecuting the perpetrators, but also secondary victimization prevention support such as providing legal counseling, as well as content removal.
Type of person who to ask for help when a problem is occurred
26.4% of 2030’s Men, ‘No one who ask for help’
- - Men’s response ‘Nobody’ is higher than then women’s one (No matter the age)
- - High Dependence to personal relationship rather than public system for women and men
- - To middle-aged women, a high rate(6.5%) of inquiry to public system when they need a help
※ Resource: Seoul survey for young generation(2020)
Regarding mental health among young people, when issues around childcare arise due to changes in the social environment such as COVID-19, young female parents in particular experience bigger mental health struggles. Therefore, it is necessary to promote mental health support projects based on the characteristics of caregivers.
Experience of Digital Sex Crime Victims
50.5% of 2030’s, has an experience of digital sex crime victims
- - 2030’s women and men have more experience than middle-aged, observed to generation gap
- - Direct victim experiences to women are observed by SNS(34.8%), Messengers(35.2%)
※ Resource: A survey for citizen’s perception and status of digital sex crime victims(2020)
In addition, Milky Baby Studio CEO Kim Woo-young participated to share his experience as a parent working in the digital sector, where a large proportion of young people are employed. He proposed childcare policies that take into account the needs of the Milennials and Gen Z.
In the discussion, key stakeholders in the gender mainstreaming systems such as public officers, gender impact assessment consultants, and researchers participated to discuss how policies and gender mainstreaming system can promote gender equality among young people in labor, childcare, and safety sectors.
Through this forum, SFWF shared efforts and achievements to enhance the effectiveness of the gender mainstreaming system and gender statistics, and affirmed that gender mainstreaming system is effective through gender-based analysis. Lastly, as we looked at the reality of young people through gender lens, SFWF will continue to seek strategies to cooperate to improve Seoul’s youth policies with young people at the core.
