KWDI Korean Women’s Development Institute

Analysis of Indicators for Improvement of Women’s Social Status in 2015

 

Jae-seon Joo
Young-ran Kim
Nan-ju Kim

 

This research analyzed statistical changes and characteristics, and factors for changes of 46 “Indicators for Improvement of Women’s Social Status” in five areas. The indicators were developed in 2013 to monitor policies on women’s affairs of the Park Geun-hye administration. Based on the analysis, we proposed directions for policy improvement according to the changes. The results of the analysis were used as rudimentary data for women’s policy coordination meetings and the Cabinet meeting. The results of further monitoring will be shared with related ministries to be used in establishing and evaluating women’s policies.

The 2015 research was conducted as follows: First, we analyzed the trends in changes of “Indicators for Improvement of Women’s Social Status” by indicator. The trends were divided into recent and 10-year changes, then characteristics and factors for the changes were presented. Second, we analyzed the first and second half of the year and reported the analysis from time to time. For the analysis, main indicators were divided into the first and second half of the year and provided as rudimentary data for the Cabinet meeting. Also, the analyzed indicators were provided for women-related meetings from time to time to raise their application levels. Third, we proposed directions for improving the indicator system and ways to develop new indicators.