Workers
Traditionally rice farming was performed by the men, and women only participated in dry-field farming. From the 1960s women were able to farm rice due to the increasing shortage of labor power and New Village projects that demanded the participation of women. By the mid-1970s the majority of the labor force in rural villages was made up of women. This was a positive step in overcoming gender discrimination, but the phenomenon of increased female workloads became severe as new work was added to the former burdens.
- A mothers’ group prepares for planting in Hwaam 2(i)-dong (town), Unsu-myeon (town), Goryeong-gun.
- Mothers’ group preparing for planting in Hwaam 2(i)-dong, Unsu-myeon, Goryeong-gun
- Communal work in Maechon-dong, Ssangnim-myeon, Goryeong-gun
- Planting in Maechon-dong, Ssangnim-myeon, Goryeong-gun
- Sericulture in Goryeong-gun
- Rural village women engaged in sericulture