[2021 National Audit] Ministry of Economy and Finance Forms 'Public Institution Recruitment Fairness TF'..."Gender Discrimination Inspection"

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Son Seon-hee] The Ministry of Economy and Finance has decided to establish a related task force (TF) to inspect public institutions' recruitment processes to ensure that no gender discrimination occurs.

According to the office of Jang Hye-young, a member of the National Assembly's Planning and Finance Committee from the Justice Party, the Ministry of Economy and Finance recently established the "Public Institution Recruitment Fairness Inspection TF" for this purpose. This is a follow-up measure in response to Jang's criticism that about 43% of approximately 350 public institutions surveyed during this year's national audit do not manage the gender ratio of interviewees.

The Public Institution Recruitment Fairness TF will be composed of a public-private consultative body including not only the Ministry of Economy and Finance but also related ministries such as the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, national research institutes, and academia. The TF will check the implementation of the "Guidelines for Eliminating Gender Discrimination in Recruitment" announced by the Job Committee in 2018 to enhance fairness and transparency in public institution recruitment processes.

Furthermore, the TF will inspect the gender ratio at each stage of recruitment across all public institutions, and institutions judged to have insufficient efforts to eliminate gender discrimination will have this reflected in future management evaluations.

Assembly member Jang stated, "I hope that through the operation of the TF, it will become an opportunity to eliminate gender-discriminatory recruitment starting from the public sector."

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