When social sharing of maternity protection was first implemented in 2002, KWWA’s Equality Hotline(EQUALINE) provided counseling services concerning maternity protection, documenting the process and analyzing the results, and keeping a record of in-depth case studies that vividly captured maternity and childcare leave in action. These case studies were analyzed by October and violations were revealed, leading to further demands for policy improvements. From 2004 and on, multi-dimensional actions were launched, such as a national campaign to implement women’s maternity rights, organization-wide mobilization of KWTU, and solidarity activities through the Solidarity Committee on Women’s Labor. Established as a result were the provision of leave for miscarriage or stillbirth, and social sharing of all costs associated with 90-day maternity leave. Continued efforts have persuaded government initiative to consider implementing a paid maternity leave system, ongoing monitoring and supervision, and a maternity leave system for irregular workers. Still, maternity protection for irregular workers and paid leave provision for spouses remain inadequate, and require further action. 5) Work and Family Compatibility In the late 1980s it was common for women workers without access to proper childcare to leave their children with food and toilet in the room, lock the door and leave for work. As a result, there were tragic cases resulting in deaths of children locked inside during a fire. From the perspective that the issue of childcare was not the responsibility of individual families but of society at-large KWWA promoted the idea of the social responsibility of childcare and developed childcare services to support both work and family responsibilities. Through the operation of independent childcare services KWWA created a model of a collective childcare facility, reform of childcare law, establishment of workplace childcare and other systemic reforms, as well as the institutionalization of after school education programs. Operating an independent non-profit childcare service KWWA established Healthy Kids Daycare in 1989 in an attempt to build a model of cooperative childcare that provides valuable education for the children as well as allow their parents to work. For KWWA branches in Incheon, Bucheon, Gwangju, and Machang, the daycare operation was one of the most important programs in the early years of KWWA. Based on the educational policy of accepting and