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Investigation and Remedies of Discriminatory Acts on the Ground of Gender [2003] KRNHRC 11 (1 January 2003)

Discriminatory acts on the grounds of gender refer to `exclusion, imposition
of limitations, and violence due to gender in every sector of society' based on
the principle of equality of both sexes. `Matters subject to prohibition of
discrimination on the ground of gender' include not only unequal treatment
against one sex that is direct and visible but also standards and regulations that
seem to apply equally to all citizens but which in practice have greater effect
on one sex than the other. Further, violence against a member of a specific
sex is deemed to be discrimination.