한국 농촌여성의 농업노동자로서의 역할증가와 그에 따른 문제점 = The Increase of Rural Woman's Economic Role As a Farm Worker in Korea and its Problems

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Since the mid 1960s in Korea, rural population has been decreasing and the labor shortage in agricultural sectors occured, which introduced woman
workforce into the farm production in large quantities. Under such a situation, rural woman was driven to act two roles: traditional housekeeper and agricultural worker for family farm.
Rural woman in Korea has two-fold difficulties, one as farmer belonging to the lowest social class in Korean society and the other as woman farmer under the remaining cultural tradition oppressing woman in rural communities. The status of rural woman, particularly woman farmers, is mixture of the mode of farm productions of the small farm in the monopoly capitalism and the cultural backgrounds subjecting woman. Rural women have been suffering from their low status both at home and in rural community.
In fact most of rural women in Korea have been working hard in the farm land just like their husbands. But most of the government policies for rural women are set in the assumption that rural women are mostly the housewives of farm households. The government policies have to be oriented to improve the machinery for woman farmers. And rural women should activate their roles in order to find a way to overcome their difficulties, by participating in community development programs and even by joining the social actions if needed.