Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to Enhance Gender Equality Levels in 106 Internal Committees

Hwang Hee, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 2nd that it has revised 106 administrative rules to strengthen gender balance in the composition of internal committee members.

Administrative agency committees established based on laws and presidential decrees are managed under the "Framework Act on Gender Equality" to ensure that members of a specific gender do not exceed 60%. However, internal committees established based on administrative rules, despite playing key roles such as deliberation and consultation on various policies, have been overlooked without separate management.

Accordingly, since August last year, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism conducted a comprehensive survey of administrative rules of the headquarters and 38 affiliated organizations, and established three types of gender balance criteria for committee composition according to the functions and characteristics of each committee.

In principle, it was revised so that among appointed members, 'members of a specific gender do not exceed 60%.' However, for internal committees composed of limited personnel such as ex officio members and internal members, or those dealing with personnel and disciplinary matters, new regulations were introduced to 'appoint at least one member of the other gender' or to 'prevent bias toward a specific gender.'

With this revision of administrative rules, internal committees will henceforth establish gender balance in their composition and participate equally in the policy decision-making process, thereby creating an institutional framework to lead policy decisions from a gender equality perspective.

A Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism official stated, "This revision of administrative rules to strengthen gender balance in internal committees is a meaningful measure that places the core process of policy decision-making on the foundation of gender equality," adding, "We will closely manage internal committees to ensure they operate in accordance with this intent going forward."

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