Democratic Party's Lee Soojin Proposes Three Bills to Strengthen Gender Equality Policy Coordination, Establish Legal Basis for Gender Equality Centers

Amid the expansion and reorganization of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, legislation is being pursued to strengthen the government-wide coordination of gender equality policies and promote closer links among related policy review bodies.

Lee Su-jin of the Democratic Party of Korea, secretary of the National Assembly’s Gender Equality and Family Committee, said on October 15 that she had sponsored three bills to strengthen gender equality policy governance: amendments to the Framework Act on Gender Equality, the Gender Impact Assessment Act, and the Framework Act on Prevention of Violence Against Women.

The amendments would rename the existing Gender Equality Committee as the Gender Equality Commission, strengthen its authority to recommend improvements to gender equality policies, and establish a legal basis for setting up gender equality centers to support policy implementation by the central and local governments.

They would also allow matters requiring government-wide consultation and coordination to be referred to the Gender Equality Commission from among the items reviewed and coordinated by the Central Gender Impact Assessment Committee and the Women’s Violence Prevention Committee. The aim is to strengthen links between gender equality policies and cooperation among relevant ministries.

“Building a gender-equal society where everyone can live freely and safely, regardless of gender, is an important task for our society,” Lee said. “I expect stronger governance of national gender equality policies to strengthen cooperation and coordination among ministries.”

She added, “I will do my utmost to improve systems and policies to address gender inequality and advance gender mainstreaming.”

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