여성과학기술인과 여성과학기술인 지원정책 = Women in Science & Technology and their supporting policy

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The Increasing emphasis on the eco-social importance of the science and technology(hereinafter, S&T) gives us more opportunities to encounter it in our ordinary life. It is at 2002 where the Korean government launch the Act on Fostering and Supporting Women in Science and Technology which frequently benchmarked by other countries. Within its implement ordinance the act address the political and institutional enforcement and will of Korean government. It means also we start to recognize the female scientists and engineers as one of the major human-power in our society. This latest discourse on female scientist and engineers consist one aspect of the advancement of women`s social status in Korea. In this study we examine the main issue and its final purpose on the discussion held socially and economically as well as institutionally about female students in S&T and the human-power in this department. Reviewing the statistics about the environmental surrounding of female scientists and engineers such as the actual proportion of the entry of women in the professional life, their remuneration, working condition, welfare service etc allow us more apprehension about their actual and social status. It simultaneously should take us to strong doubt if the female scientists and engineers are starting for being as one major constituent of society or S&T department. This study is one of the effort to examine the actual status and difficulties of them. To open more relevant discussion on them is another purpose of this study. The succeeding study on the political and institutional discussion for female scientists and engineers remain as the following task of this study. This study is one of the starting spot to suggesting and opening better political discussing about women in science and engineering in our society.