Source briefingSeptember 8, 2026Human Rights

South Korea: Systemic Gender, Age Discrimination at Work

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Click to expand Image Cleaner at work in a Seoul metro station, Seoul, South Korea. © 2022 Shutterstock (Seoul) – Women in South Korea face systemic gender discrimination at every stage of their working lives, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

These adverse impacts accumulate as women get older, and are compounded by systemic age discrimination, resulting in harm to their physical and mental health.The 92-page report, “Too Old and a Woman: Systemic Age and Gender Discrimination Against Women at…

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Primary source: Human Rights Watch News · September 8, 2026

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