Kyungja Jung – The Conversation

Small shops, many run by women, are a common sight in North Korea. Lesley Parker

March 7, 2024

North Korean women are now the breadwinners – and shifting this deeply patriarchal society towards a matriarchy

Gemma Ware, The Conversation

Bronwen Dalton and Kyungja Jung explain how North Korean women are driving a new form of grassroots capitalism. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.

Comme le montre cette photo prise à Pyongyang, les habitudes vestimentaires des Nord-Coréennes sont en train de changer, reflet d’une évolution discrète mais profonde. Lesley Parker

December 20, 2023

Vie économique, relations familiales, normes sociales… comment les femmes changent la Corée du Nord

Bronwen Dalton, University of Technology Sydney; Kyungja Jung, University of Technology Sydney, and Lesley Parker, University of Technology Sydney

De plus en plus présentes dans la vie économique du pays, les Nord-Coréennes font progressivement évoluer les normes sociales en vigueur.

Lesley Parker

December 13, 2023

From sexual liberation to fashionable heels, new research shows how women are changing North Korea

Bronwen Dalton, University of Technology Sydney; Kyungja Jung, University of Technology Sydney, and Lesley Parker, University of Technology Sydney

Through acts of covert resistance, women have been driving change in family relationships, women’s sexuality and reproductive issues, and women’s cultural identities.

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