Opening of Online Education Course for Shared Care and Shared Household Management

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the Korea Healthy Family Promotion Agency announced on the 5th that they have launched an online course themed on shared caregiving and shared household management to promote gender-equal childcare and household culture.

The newly launched shared caregiving and shared household management course consists of 2 sessions and 8 episodes. It depicts various conflict situations experienced by dual-income couples while raising children and working, and suggests ways to provide mutual psychological support based on empathy.

The course aims to enhance understanding of shared caregiving and guide practical methods for implementing shared caregiving and shared household management in daily life. The shared caregiving and shared household management course is available for free on the Family-Friendly Support Project website.

Childcare and housework in dual-income families are still disproportionately borne by women. According to a survey by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, the average daily time spent on housework and childcare on weekdays is 181.7 minutes for wives and only 32.2 minutes for husbands.

Although awareness of equal role-sharing within the family is improving, the burden of childcare and housework on women has increased due to COVID-19. According to Statistics Korea, the proportion of respondents who believe that wives should take the lead in housework decreased by more than half compared to 10 years ago as of 2018. Among men in their 30s, the rate dropped from 73.9% to 33.2%, and among women in their 30s, from 63.8% to 26.5%.

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