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Chai, Alice Yun; And Others – 1988
This paper examines in two parts the Korean women's movement of the 1980s. Part 1, "National Unification and the Task of the Women's Movement in Korea" contains an overview of Korean unification attempts and discusses the role of the women's movement. The Federation of Korean Women's Organizations (FKWO), formed in 1987, is an umbrella…
Descriptors: Employed Women, Females, Feminism, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedChung, Ji-Sun – Comparative Education Review, 1994
The subordination of South Korean women, both in general and as manifested in education and employment, results from traditional patriarchal ideology derived from Confucianism and from capitalist economic development and industrialization. Discusses sex roles in the family and workplace and sex differences in school enrollments, employment, wages,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Confucianism, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
