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Gender Equality Issues in Civil Service Examination and Bailiff Operation: Some Reflections from Empirical Studies

Illustrated by the changes in the gender quotas of court police entrance exam, this paper discusses the gap of gender equality between civil service recruitment and its daily operation. The authors conducted in-depth interviews of ten stakeholders, reviewing their views on gender equality at work. The three foci of this research are: the gender quotas of court police entrance exam, the actual gender-ratio between court police and inmates served, and the challenges and difficulties faced by court police in action. Based on the interviews and detailed analysis of governmental meeting records, the authors conclude that the pursuit of gender equality is not just about the quantity but also the quality of manpower recruited as well as the operation procedures in the public sector. If the daily tasks performed are not sexually indiscriminative in nature, simply abolishing gender quotas (or different standards of examination based on sex) in the recruitment process is likely to cause more troubles and complaints than improving gender equality at workplace.