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A group of women in North Korea. Women's rights in North Korea have varied throughout history. In recent history, major events of the 20th century, such as the Division of Korea and later the 1990s North Korean famine have played an important role in shaping sex relations.
Although the Gender Equality Law of 1946 states in Article 2 that North Korean women have the same rights as men to vote and hold political office, few women have been able to break into the most powerful offices. [45] Over time, women in North Korea have made significant strides towards equality.
As of 2016, according to North Korea’s report to CEDAW, women made up only 10 percent of divisional directors in government bodies, 11.9 percent of judges and lawyers, 4.9 percent of diplomats, and 16.5 percent of officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [17] In recent years, there has been a notable shift in the role of North Korean women.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said it is a duty of women to halt a fall in the country’s births in order to strengthen national power, state media said Monday ...
The nomination of Kim Yung-ho, a political science professor at Sungshin Women's University, comes as Yoon has been seeking to shine a spotlight on human rights abuses in North Korea and as ...
In June 2022, the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and the War Crimes Committee of the International Bar Association reported that a multi-year investigation demonstrated evidence of a North Korean policy of "forcibly ending pregnancies that would result in half-Chinese babies". The report concluded that the policy was "driven by ...
North Korea hurled misogynistic insults Wednesday at a newly confirmed United States special envoy to monitor the country’s human rights issues and warned of unspecified security consequences if ...
However, Kim Il Sung launched a campaign to eradicate illiteracy and educate women about their rights. [5] Women's increased freedoms in the public realm copied the Marxist–Leninist tradition that promoted women's entry into the socialist workforce as paid workers. However, the North Korean regime still maintained the traditional Confucian ...