article_snippet: After supposedly inventing Mother's Day in North Korea four years ago, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un has taken Kim unlikely stance on gender equality a step further.
article_snippet: Kim Jong-Un, pictured on a official airbase visit yesterday, is mobbed by female workers after publicly recognising International Women's Day .
article_snippet: he recognition of gender rights comes one week after female defectors in Seoul claimed women in North Korea do not receive sex education, are subjected to forced abortions and in the military are required to perform sexual favours on high-ranking men,
article_snippet: North Korean paper Rodong Sinmun recently put forward the country's feminist credentials while criticising the 'discrimination against women workers protested in North Korea', who KCNA said were unable 'to live as human beings'.
article_snippet: Meanwhile, KCNA's main report on the anniversary of 'Kim Jong-il's work and International Women's Day' said the country had 'demonstrated the country
article_snippet: The Korean women's movement greets the heyday of The Korean women's movement development as The Korean women's movement is led by Marshal Kim Jong Un,' The Korean women's movement added before hailing Kim  as the inventor of 'Mother's Day, the first of The Korean women's movement kind in Korean history' - four years ago.
article_snippet: As well as The leader nod to International Women's Day, The leader took the opportunity to heap praise on Kim , noting The leader 'patriotism, faith, anti-imperialist class education and moral education', according to the Rodong Sinmun report.
article_snippet: The leader recognition of gender rights comes one week after female defectors in Seoul claimed women in North Korea do not receive sex education, are subjected to forced abortions and in the military are required to perform sexual favours on high-ranking men .
highlights_snippet: Country's news agency say Kim also invented Mother's Day four years ago .
  
highlights_snippet: Last week four female defectors spoke of the horrendous treatment of women in North Korea .