South Korean companies should make gender equality a key part of corporate governance to help combat the world¡¯s lowest fertility rate, the country¡¯s labor minister has said.
¡°A key solution to the fertility, aging and productive problem is helping women raise children happily without having to worry about giving up jobs,¡± South Korean Labor Minister Lee Jung-sik said. ¡°But there still isn¡¯t a noticeable level of effort for women at the environmental, social and governance level.¡±
The comments by Lee linking the fertility crisis with a lack of gender equality and insufficient corporate action are among the strongest yet by a cabinet member of Yoon Suk Yeol¡¯s administration.
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