여성결혼이민자의 취업 지원 방안 : 언어·문화 자원 활용 분야를 중심으로

Abstract

본 연구에서는 그간 추진되어 온 우리나라 여성결혼이민자의 언어·문화 자원을 활용한 교육훈련 및 취업지원 관련 사업들을 진단하고, 이민여성에 대한 취업지원사업을 활발히 진행하여 온 해외 사례 분석에 근거하여 여성결혼이민자의 언어·문화 자원을 활용한 취업 지원 발전 방안을 제안하고자 한다.

It has been reported that as of January 2010, over 180,000 marriage immigrants are living in Korea, and it is expected that this number will continuously increase in the future. The Korean government, which in the past has pursued a policy focused on the adaptation of marriage immigrants to Korean society, has recently started to give strong attention to support their employment, and has revised the direction of its policy with the specific aim of helping female marriage immigrants with different language and cultural backgrounds to show their abilities in social and economic areas. This report identified those programs related to education, training, and employment assistance that have attempted to utilize the language and cultural resources of the female marriage immigrants. In addition, this report suggested measures that could enhance the employment assistance provided by making use of the language and cultural resources of immigrant women based on an analysis of examples of comparable efforts in other countries where employment assistance activities have been actively promoted. To achieve the goals described above, the biographical features and employment status of female marriage immigrants were first examined. Secondly, existing policies to utilize the language and cultural resources of immigrant women were reviewed, as well as projects related to employment support. Thirdly, employment assistance services conducted in the field of language and culture, and the difficulties marriage immigrants face, were investigated through the interview with marriage immigrants and persons in a related authority which supports their employment. Finally, implications were drawn through case studies of Taiwan, Japan, Canada and New Zealand. ...