'Promoting Activation of Female Farmers'... Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Selected for Excellence in Gender Impact Assessment Cases

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyunjung] The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on the 1st that it was selected as an excellent case and excellent institution in charge in the '2021 Gender Impact Assessment Excellent Institutions and Meritorious Persons Evaluation' promoted by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.

The gender impact assessment refers to a system that analyzes the impact of a policy on gender during the establishment and implementation process of major policies to ensure that gender differences do not cause discrimination, reflecting improvements in policies so that both men and women can equally benefit from the policies.

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family evaluated the gender impact assessment performance of 30,906 cases from 306 institutions nationwide (46 central, 17 metropolitan, 226 basic, 17 education offices), selecting 6 excellent institutions, 10 excellent institution officers, and 10 excellent cases, among which the policies of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs were chosen.

The revision of the Enforcement Decree of the Farmland Act to include "pregnant women or those within six months after childbirth" in the scope of permission for farmland lease, use lease, and entrusted management was recognized for its efforts in achieving policy improvement results with high public perception, such as expanding economic participation of women farmers and removing discriminatory elements.

In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs actively operated gender impact assessments on a total of 93 laws and projects, including institutional improvements to increase the proportion of female representatives and participants in major projects, and was recognized for its contribution to promoting social advancement and economic activities of women farmers, being selected as an excellent institution officer.

Omiran, head of the Rural Women Policy Team at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, stated, "We will continue to closely analyze the impact of systems and policies within the Ministry on gender to enhance gender equity, and promote diverse and continuous efforts for establishing a gender-equal culture in agriculture and rural areas, such as publishing gender-disaggregated statistics in agriculture and training rural gender equality instructors."

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