Challenges and Opportunities for a Human Rights Frame in South Korea: Context and Strategizing in the Anti-Domestic Violence Movement

• NCJ Number: 247860
• Journal: Violence Against Women Volume: 20 Issue: 5 Dated: May 2014 Pages: 581-606
• Author(s): Min Sook Heo; Cathy A. Rakowski
• Date Published: May 2014
• Length: 25 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Korean feminists are keenly aware that transnational feminists emphasize a human rights framework to eradicate violence against women.

Abstract

Korean feminists are keenly aware that transnational feminists emphasize a human rights framework to eradicate violence against women. But in the 1990s, they based their anti-domestic violence campaign on a frame of "preservation of the family" because it was more culturally resonant at the time than a human rights frame. The results include passage of two legislative Acts, failure to implement as intended, and a continued search for a more effective frame. Ironically, the human rights frame has re-emerged as a possible solution.