Seoul Promises to be more “Women Friendly”
Posted by Ulsan Online on Aug 4, 2009 in | Comments Off on Seoul Promises to be more “Women Friendly”
“Happy Women, Happy Seoul” is the new slogan in Seoul. Paving the streets for easier high-heel walking and pink-painted parking for women is geared towards making Seoul easier on women.
Read the whole article here in a Yahoo/Time piece.
Not content with just reporting on the street changes, the original Author, Veronica Zaragovia, delves in to the deeper socio-economic issues of who’s going to do the chores around the house. South Korea ranked low at 64 out of 93 countries in a recent UN Gender Empowerment Measure.
No surprises there.
And when you’re finished reading, honey, I’d like my dinner, chuseyo.
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