A Case Study of the Revision of Village Rules as a Practical Strategy for Gender Equality Village Building in Jeju

Abstract

This paper examines the aspects and characteristics of gender equality village building by local governments promoted against the backdrop of the women-friendly city policy of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family through the case of a rural village in Jeju that led to the revision of gender equality village rules. As a result of the analysis, the following points can be found. First of all, finding out issues that can expand the participation of major actors and strengthening the cooperative implementation system among them played an important role in achieving certain results in the gender equality village building in the case area. Next, most rural villages are undergoing changes in population composition, and a new autonomy movement combining issues such as culture and environment in addition to gender equality issues is emerging, raising cases of conflict over village rules and the need for revision. The solution can also be said to be a task thrown into the case area. In addition, the project to revise the village rules for gender equality promoted in Jeju did not proceed smoothly in all villages, and there were some villages that delayed the revision of the village rules or failed to pass the village rules revision agenda at the village assembly. When it is said that even sea water itself does not guarantee the realization of village autonomy, a comparative study on villages that attempted to amend the village rules is necessary.