Women's Health & Rights Network
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Funds counseling, legal support and workplace rights advocacy for working women, including protection around pregnancy, maternity leave and health at work.
Why this matters in South Korea
South Korean women earn substantially less than men, and the country has had the widest gender pay gap in the OECD for many years. Women are over-represented in temporary, part-time and subcontracted jobs, where contracts are short, benefits are thin and a complaint about harassment can cost the job. Many leave work around childbirth, and those who return often do so in lower-paid, less secure positions.
Health at work is part of the same picture. Women in service, care and retail jobs describe long hours on their feet, irregular shifts and little ability to take time off for gynecological care or pregnancy checkups, or to use the monthly menstrual leave the labor law provides. Pregnant workers on fixed-term contracts may find their contracts quietly not renewed. Protections on sexual harassment and maternity have strengthened since the #MeToo movement of 2018, but in small workplaces and among non-regular workers they are rarely enforced without outside help.
What your gift pays for
- Counselors staffing a hotline for women facing harassment, dismissal or unequal pay at work
- Legal support for complaints to labor offices and the National Human Rights Commission
- Workplace rights education for young, part-time and non-regular women workers
- Information and referrals on reproductive health services, pregnancy protection and maternity leave rights
Organization
Korean Women Workers Association (KWWA) · South Korea
Founded 1987
Korean NGO advocating for working women's labour rights and workplace equality.
How they work: KWWA grew out of the women workers' movement of the late 1980s and works through local branch associations as well as a national office. Its Equality Phone counselors advise women on harassment, dismissal and maternity rights and help them file complaints with labor authorities. KWWA also runs education programs, supported the founding of a national women's trade union for low-paid workers in 1999, and campaigns for legal reform using cases from its hotline as evidence.
Track record: KWWA's 'Equality Phone' hotline handled 1,732 counselling cases in 2024, incl. 438 on workplace sexual harassment and 712 on working conditions.
✓ Verified by our team on 18 December 2021
Giving in South Korea
Poverty in old age and the position of working women are the two themes for South Korea, where nearly 40 percent of people over 65 live in relative poverty, the highest rate in the OECD. One trust provides free meals for poor and homeless seniors in Seoul. Two causes support working women: one through counseling, legal support and workplace rights advocacy, the other through job counseling and retraining at government New Work Centers that help women return to work after a career break.
3 causes are listed in South Korea, each with its own verified organization. $410,297 has been distributed to causes in South Korea since 2021.
Our guide to giving in South Korea · all 3 causes
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