Dongjak-gu, Creation of Women Safety Village

Secured 51 Million KRW for 2020 Seoul Women's Safety Village Project Final Selection... Promoting Digital Sex Crime-Free Safe Villages in Sangdo 3·4-dong

[Asia Economy Reporter Jong-il Park] Dongjak-gu (Mayor Changwoo Lee) was finally selected last month in the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s “2020 Women’s Safe Village Project” contest and will carry out the project until December.

The district secured a project budget of 51 million KRW after being selected in both fields: creating SS Zones (safe single zones) for single women households and establishing safe villages free from digital sex crimes.

First, 36 million KRW will be invested in creating SS Zones to strengthen the safety network for women in crime-vulnerable residential areas. Sangdo 3-dong and Sangdo 4-dong, the project target areas, have over 52% of households consisting of single women, making proactive safety measures for single women households and single-person stores necessary.

The district will install four types of safety kits in about 140 households of single women: ▲ auxiliary door locks as a secondary locking device besides the door lock ▲ door opening sensors that send an alarm sound and a text message when the door is opened from outside ▲ window locks ▲ security bars.

For single-person stores, about 25 safety bells will be installed mainly in alley shops located in safety-vulnerable areas. When the safety bell is pressed in an emergency, it connects to the district office’s integrated CCTV control center, and the police immediately dispatch to the scene.

Additionally, women’s rights education will be conducted for 20 local residents together with women experts. After completing the training, 10 graduates will be trained as a monitoring group to conduct monitoring activities such as installation inspections and satisfaction surveys until the end of the year.

In the field of creating safe villages free from digital sex crimes, the “we together!! Safe Cyber World Work Project” will be promoted.

Visiting digital sexual violence prevention education and campaigns to foster a safe digital culture will be conducted for elementary school students, parents, and teachers in the area to protect children from sex crimes and spread a culture of gender equality within the local community.

Kim Kyung-ok, Head of the Childcare and Women’s Division, said, “We will continue to do our best to create a women-friendly city by promoting village projects where women can feel safe according to local characteristics.” Last year, the district established a basic plan for promoting a women-friendly city and revised the Dongjak-gu Gender Equality Basic Ordinance of Seoul Metropolitan Government to lay the foundation for realizing a truly gender-equal local community.

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