Shinan-gun Supports Employment and Entrepreneurship Capacity Building Education for Marriage Immigrant Women

Nurturing the Dream of Independence for Marriage Immigrant Women: "I am also a CEO"

Shinan-gun operates a professional certification acquisition program to help marriage immigrant women secure stable workplaces. (Photo by Shinan-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Ki-woon] Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Park Woo-ryang) announced on the 25th that it is operating a professional certification acquisition class program to help multicultural family marriage immigrant women secure stable workplaces.

The professional certification acquisition class is a project that supports and operates four professional certification classes (Korean cuisine chef, confectioner/baker, caregiver, hairdresser/beautician) for marriage immigrant women, enabling them to obtain certifications and then find employment or start businesses as professionals.

The Sinan-gun Family Center plans to recruit 28 people for the four professional certification classes this year as well, with education scheduled to begin in May.

In particular, although everything is unfamiliar such as language and culture, last year’s senior marriage immigrant women who obtained certifications will serve as mentors to applicants for professional certification acquisition, actively promoting a mentoring project so that they can nurture their dreams of independence by utilizing their talents and abilities.

Kim Ha-neul (Cambodia), who obtained a caregiver certification last year, said, “The language was difficult and it was hard to understand the meaning of sentences, so it was challenging to obtain the certification, but I was able to study happily and obtain the certification with the thought that I could confidently get a job after obtaining it.” She added, “I am very grateful to Sinan-gun for actively supporting and encouraging me, and I will live diligently with pride, saying that Sinan-gun is a paradise for marriage immigrant women.”

Park Woo-ryang, Governor of Sinan-gun, said, “Since marriage immigrant women have ventured into unfamiliar work in an unfamiliar land, we will fully support them to obtain professional certifications suited to their individual characteristics so that they can become future CEOs representing this region through employment or entrepreneurship.”

Meanwhile, last year’s employment and entrepreneurship education support project trained 15 people in two classes, caregiver and hairdresser/beautician, with five of them successfully finding employment.

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