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Review and Monitoring of the 39th UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women [2007] KRNHRC 26 (1 August 2007)

The Commission participated in the 39th session of the UN Committee on Elimination
of Discrimination against Women at United Nations Headquarters in New York from July
to August in 2007 to monitor the review of the 5th and 6th Korean government reports.
The UN Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women welcomed
establishment of the National Human Rights Commission and Ministry of Gender
Equality, and abolishment of the male-family-head system. However, it expressed concerns
over female marriage-based immigrants, violence against women including sexual abuses,
and the disproportionately high ratio of female irregular workers. Preceeding a constructive
dialogue between the Korean government and the UN Committee on Elimination of
Discrimination against Women, the Commission made an oral presentation on human
rights conditions of Korean women as a national human rights protection agency.