지방자치단체의 양성평등기본조례에 관한 연구

Abstract

The Republic of Korea has consistently attempted to amend laws and to improve the gender inequalities since joining the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in 1984. As a result, the gender equality of laws and social system was achieved to some extent, but gender discrimination still exists in Korean society. As gender equality is a matter related to the real life, the acts and the policies of the central government are important. But in order to realize gender equality in the lives of local residents, it is very important for local governments to eliminate all institutional and structural factors that cause inequality and to implement concrete policies for an equal order and system. In this article, the Author analyzed the situation of gender equality policy realization in Korean local governments by examining the contents of the regulations and amendments of the ordinances of 17 local governments after the enactment of the "The Framework Act on Gender Equality", which is a paradigm shift to Gender Mainstreaming of women's policies. In particular, the Author focused how whether the local governments carry out the responsibilities stipulated in the framework act as specific policies, how they take into account the characteristics of the local councils, and whether they have effective promotion systems such as Gender Equality Basic Plans. As a result of the analysis, there are problems with systematic synthesis because some local governments do not stipulate the responsibility of the local government stipulated by The Framework Act on Gender Equality. And, there is a lack of efforts to implement the framework act in accordance with the local government's situation in general. Regardless of the degree of difference in reality, there was little specificity reflecting the local environment, characteristics, and the policy needs of the local residents. So the basic ordinances on gender equality is insufficient in realistic suitability. It is necessary to provide specific regulations to ensure that changes in the paradigm of women's policies, centering on Gender Mainstreaming, can be implemented in policies, organizations and specific administrations. All local governments need to make efforts for self-government legislation to more faithfully define the basic ordinances on gender equality so that the gender equality policies of local government can be realized more specifically, more diversely, and more realistically.