"Distribute Disaster Relief Funds Individually" Selected as an Excellent Proposal in Gender Equality Contest

Ministry of Gender Equality selects 9 outstanding proposals for gender equality policy contest
Top proposal: 'Expansion of Jurisdictional Registration Office for Marital Property Contracts'
Selected as gender impact assessment task after expert review and deliberation

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] "Please do not limit the application and payment of the emergency disaster relief fund to the head of the household only, but allow individuals to apply and receive it as well."

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family selected nine excellent proposals from the gender equality policy contest, including expanding the jurisdiction of the couple property contract registration office and allowing individual application and payment of disaster relief funds.

On the 22nd, the Ministry announced that a total of 177 proposals were received for the '2021 Gender Equality Policy Contest Changing My Life,' and after expert review and deliberation by the Central Gender Impact Assessment Committee, nine outstanding proposals were selected as specific gender impact assessment tasks for 2021.

The grand prize-winning proposal requested the amendment of the regulation (Article 68 of the Non-Contentious Case Procedure Act) that allows couples to register their premarital property agreements only at the husband's address jurisdiction registration office, to expand it to include the wife's address jurisdiction registration office as well.

An excellent prize-winning proposal suggested improving the emergency disaster relief fund payment system from the head-of-household application and payment method to an individual application and payment method to ensure reasonable distribution among family members. Since the head of the household is often the husband or father, there are cases where those undergoing divorce procedures or living separately cannot receive or properly distribute the disaster relief funds.

Additionally, a proposal to explicitly include time for regular health checkups for pregnant women, such as fetal examinations, within paid leave for public service workers in central administrative agencies also received an excellent prize. Many administrative regulations for public service workers in central administrative agencies do not stipulate the use of time for pregnant women's health checkups.

Kim Jongmi, Director of the Women's Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, said, "We thank those who have shared their concerns and proposals to improve discrimination experienced in daily life such as workplaces and educational settings," and added, "We will strive to improve gender stereotypes and discriminatory practices existing in various fields of our society to move toward a gender-equal society."

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