Korean Women For Marriage

Korean women use invention to jump over gender gap

By Lisa Schroeder
Contributing writer
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Yonhap) -- Lee Bok-hui used to wonder what happened to all the leftover stones she saw lying around construction sites. Now she knows exactly where a percentage of those leftovers go -- into an eco-friendly inflammable sheeting-material used to reinforce electrical outlets, which she invented specifically to reuse that construction site waste.

   Lee debuted her invention at the Korea International Women's Invention Exposition in May, where she won second place in the expo's title prize.

   "I never could imagine that I would win the prize, but I always stood by my idea and knew it was good for the future," Lee said in an interview.

   Lee is among the small number of Korean women who are doing something not usual in the male-centric Korean business world -- taking their careers into their own hands through invention. And surprisingly, many of these new inventors are housewives.

   South Korea is one of the top 20 richest economies worldwide. But according to the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Index 2010 report, Korea's gender equality only ranks 104 out of 134 countries surveyed, near the bottom with developing African countries and Middle East states with strict rules governing women's rights.

  


In comparison, Iceland ranks No. 1, with the United States at 19 and the Philippines at 9. Korean women have only half the chance as Korean men at economic participation, opportunity as well as wage equality. This is in stark contrast to the almost equal percentages of women and men getting university degrees.

   "The Korean cultural tradition that goes back hundreds, thousands of years, is that women didn't need to work," said Paik Seung-han, a senior vice president at SK Networks, a branch of one of the largest Korean conglomerates.

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