This study is about the life conditions of unwed mother and research was through the depths interviews. Lately as the number of unwed mother increase, the number of single mother with child also increase. Despite of the social disgrace and prejudice o...
This study is about the life conditions of unwed mother and research was through the depths interviews. Lately as the number of unwed mother increase, the number of single mother with child also increase. Despite of the social disgrace and prejudice of the unwed mother, they start to choose to claim for their maternal right. This change is due to the older age of unwed mother and high level of their education and the change of relative law that allowing a single women can register a child to her own family regardless of her marital status.
So far, adoption policy of Korea was in the boundary of marriage system because Korea society was considering only giving a birth and raising a child in the marriage was moral and legal. However as the number of unwed mother raising their child is increasing, the conversion of a policy is required. A lot of unwed mother have difficulties because of lack of policy support. In particular, with the ratification of ‘The Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption’ ahead, strengthen of policy can support direct nurture by unwed nother is needed but current policy support only restricted to the birth of unwed mother.
Although having lot of trouble coming from social prejudice, economic problems and patriarchal laws and systems, unwed mother affirm their decision and want to ensure their maternal right. So the government have to show their effort to improve the systems and complement the fault of law to support unwed mother's own custody.