Gender Inequality Stakeholders in South Korea by Mia Lopez

Haeil (Tsunami) Feminism Group

mgl00018_ — 2023-11-07 18:31:41 UTC

This South Korean Feminist group is a stakeholder because they have recently been protesting about anti-feminism and anti-feminist policies that are being implimented by President Yoon. Many of the women in these groups have been subjected to ongoing waves of anti-feminism in many aspects of their life including physical appearance, their workplaces, their homes, their families, their friends, and many other areas of their lives.

President Yoon

mgl00018_ — 2023-11-07 18:31:51 UTC

President Yoon is a recently elected president who is pushing to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. He is a stakeholder because he wants to cater to the anti-feminism that is occurring, since men feel as though they are now being discriminated against.

Anti-Feminism Men

mgl00018_ — 2023-11-07 18:32:04 UTC

Anti-feminist men in the country are now feeling as though they are being discriminated against, and they are angry about feminists trying to make more progress. They are creating derogatory terms such as "Femi" which is the equivalent to calling a someone mentally ill.

University Professor Junsook Kim

mgl00018_ — 2023-11-07 18:32:33 UTC

Professor Junsook Kim is a stakeholder because he studies online feminism and misogyny. In the article he mentions many cases of people in the country neglecting the issues of anti-feminism as well as wage gaps and gender discrimination. He also notes that much of the executive and management roles in South Korea are hold by men by a landslide. Many university professors do not teach or talk about gender equality or feminism according to Professor Kim.

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

mgl00018_ — 2023-11-07 18:33:18 UTC

This is a group that pushes for equality within the workforce in order to advance the progress of economics within a country. It is a multi country organization but South Korea ranks the lowest within the group in terms of pay gap and gender equality within the workforce at 31% pay gap based on gender.