Busan City Appoints Jeon Hye-sook as Director of Women and Family Affairs

Director Jeon Hye-sook, "I Will Make Busan a Better Place to Have and Raise Children"

Jeon Hye-sook, Director of the Women's and Family Bureau, Busan City. (Photo by Busan City Hall)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Yoseop] Jeon Hye-sook, former head of the Policy Development Office at the Busan Women and Family Development Institute, has been appointed as the Director of the Women and Family Bureau of Busan City.

The Women and Family Bureau, designated as an open position to recruit external experts, oversees tasks such as promoting a culture of gender equality, childbirth and childcare policies, healthy youth development, and child welfare to realize the vision of "Busan, a happy city where people work and raise children together."

Last December, through an internal and external public recruitment process, a selection committee composed of experts in related fields reviewed eight applicants and ultimately selected the most suitable candidate. The appointment procedures for the appointee will be completed within this month, and they will officially begin their duties.

New Director Jeon graduated with a bachelor's degree in Education from Seoul National University, a master's degree in Adult Education from the University of Wisconsin, and completed doctoral coursework in Education at Busan National University. She previously served as the head of the Policy Development Office and the Work-Family Research Department at the Busan Women and Family Development Institute.

Director Jeon expressed her ambition, stating, "I will strive to implement various policies that can simultaneously increase birth rates and employment rates to make Busan a city where women and men can work together and raise children happily."

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