여성의 직장진출과 자녀보육에 관한 연구 = A Study of Female Employment and Childcare Problems

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

1. Purpose
Rapid industrialization of society in Korea has been opening up job opportunities for the female population. About seventy percent (70%) of the female employees are married, and eighty-six point seven percent (86.7%) of the married female employees have children, but neither the employers nor the government assumes proper responsibility for the childcare.
The present study presupposes that the children of the explored mothers are entitled to enjoy equal human rights, and proposes to bring into light problems related to their upbringing and make recommendations for the improvement of childcare.
2. Problems
In advanced countries children normally begin to receive education at the age of two or three, and nationwide efforts are being made to take care of children even before they reach their first birthdays. In Korea, however, only about six percent (6%) of the preschool children go to kindergarten, and these privileged children form less than one percent (1%) of the total children of the preschool age-group.
3. Recommendations
Since about 1,356,000 children of the employed mothers in Korea cannot receive preschool education either from their mothers or from public institutions, it is urgently proposed that the government as well as society pay special attention to the care of these helpless children. The following actions are recommended :
(1) The government should require large-sifted enterprises to establish their own childcare centers for the employed mothers and small and medium-sized enterprises to contribute fund for the establishment of public childcare centers.
(2) A special priority should be given to the care of the children of the government-employed mothers. Since the kindergarten education is open only to relatively affluent families, it is advisable to help establish private kindergarten under the government supervision.
(3) Until a nationwide childcare system is adopted, employed mothers should be allowed to have leaves as required for nursing their children and their reemployment should he favorably considered after the children have reached the school age.
(4) All the employed mothers should be required to contribute fund out of their salaries for the promotion of the state children projects.
(5) More qualified nurses should be trained by public institutions.
(6) Chances for life-time education should be provided by the government to benefit non only the adolescents and aged persona butt also the children from underprivileged families.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 1. 연구목적
• 2. 여성의 직장진출과 가족구조의 변화
• 3. 부모와 자녀보육
• 4. 국가와 어린이보육
• 5. 우리나라 직업모의 자녀보육 실태
• 6. 논의 및 결론
• 7. 제언