Drastic Measures Needed to Help Women Join the Workforce

Reference

The Chosun Ilbo (2010, July 06). Drastic Measures Needed to Help Women Join the Workforce. Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition): Daily News in English about Korea.  Retrieved November 02, 2010, from http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/07/06/2010070600822.html

Summary

             In this article, the author says that Korean society needs to help women, especially women who have children, participate in the economic activity. In Korea, rate of women in economic activity has fallen since 2006 because women still come up against some difficulties such as discrimination from men and child rearing. However, the decrease in female workforce can weaken the level of economic growth. Therefore, Korean society has to consider creative measures in order to boost the female labor including public daycare centers for children and paying for childcare that  makes men to share child rearing and housework.  In short, the author says these measures help to boost female employment as well as to solve the low birthrate problem.

Reaction

             Through this article, I can learn that many women are still facing some problems related to economic activity in Korea because of child rearing. Actually, as I have studied child welfare, I was worried about employed women because it is difficult for women to work tasks both in the company and home. However, this female workforce is very important to grow economic level. If women are left at home in order to rear their children, our economic participation rate will decline and our economic condition will be depressed. Also, if women want to work in the society, they may not want to have children. It can cause a decrease in population. That is, the vicious circle will be repeated. Therefore, I think the most important thing is finding ways to boost female workforce as in this article. For example, our society is required to build a lot of daycare centers in which some people take care of the children while their mothers work in the company. Moreover, men need to share child rearing and housework with the children’s mother. I believe more women can take part in economic activity in these ways.