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Why North Korea Is Hell For Women. When the UN reported North Korea had committed human rights violations, the regime declared that “North Korea is Heaven for women.”. It’s not...
Request a visit to North Korea to assess the rights situation of women and girls, including those in custody. Urge the government to relax Covid-related border and import restrictions,...
North Korea’s constitution theoretically guarantees gender equality, and women have legal rights to education, employment, and participation in political life.
North Korea has enacted laws such as the Law on Sex Equality, the Labor Law, and the Law on Nationalization of Essential Industries. Although these social systems have not entirely been successful, they have been integrated into daily life to help women.
Women's Rights. Sexual Violence and Rape. A United Nations report on the rights of women and girls in North Korea documents in devastating detail how prolonged Covid-19 border restrictions...
A group of women in North Korea. Women's rights in North Korea have varied throughout history. In recent history, major events of the 20th century, such as the Division of Korea and later the 1990s North Korean famine have played an important role in shaping sex relations.
“Many women are instructed or advised by (their) house, school or organization to wear tidy clothes and (have a) clean appearance,” explains Nam Sung-wook, a professor of North Korean studies...
In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we hear about new research on how North Korean women are driving a new form of grassroots capitalism, and changing the country in the...
COVID Restrictions Leave Women and Girls Extremely Vulnerable. Last week, the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in North Korea, Elizabeth Salmon, released a report detailing the dismal...
Despite the regime’s deeply pervasive misogyny, North Korean women are making strides in the country’s political and social spheres.