"Forced Settlement is Secondary Harm" Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Publishes Sexual Violence Consulting Casebook

Public Sector Reporting Center: Collection of Over 320 Cases
Detailed Coverage of Issues and Recommendations

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the Korea Women's Human Rights Institute have published the "Casebook on Organizational Culture Improvement Consulting for Eradicating Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence."

The casebook contains actual cases collected from organizational culture consulting conducted for institutions where sexual harassment and sexual violence incidents occurred.

The consulting aimed to support organizations in handling sexual harassment and sexual violence incidents from the victim's perspective and in developing capabilities such as establishing measures to prevent recurrence. It was conducted a total of 327 times at the Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence Reporting Center in the public sector workplace.

The main contents of the casebook include methods to prevent secondary damage such as spreading rumors by colleagues or defending the perpetrator, and ways to ensure fairness and objectivity of the grievance review committee. Specifically, it recommends using pseudonyms during victim counseling and investigation, cautioning that acts such as spreading the victim’s information or forcing settlements during perpetrator counseling and investigation constitute secondary harm, and ensuring that the composition of the grievance review committee is not biased by limiting the proportion of men or women among all members to no more than 60%.

The casebook will be distributed to central administrative agencies, local governments, and public institutions.

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