Jeon Hee-ryong, Governor of Jeju, Receives Excellence Award for Local Government Leaders

On October 22, the 55th National Women's Conference Highly Praised Women's Rights Advancement and COVID-19 Prevention Measures

Won Hee-ryong, Jeju City, attended the National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee hearing on the 20th, responding to questions from lawmakers during the national audit of Gangwon Province, Gyeongsangbuk Province, Chungcheongbuk Province, and Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Jeju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Chang-won] Won Hee-ryong, Governor of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, received the Excellent Local Government Head Award at the '55th National Women's Conference.'

At the '55th National Women's Conference and Excellent Local Government Head Awards Ceremony' held at the Seoul City Club Grand Hall at 2 p.m. on the 22nd, a total of four people, including Governor Won Hee-ryong, Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin, Gwangju Mayor Lee Yong-seop, and Seo Eun-sook, District Mayor of Jin-gu, Busan, were awarded.

Hosted by the Korean Council of Women’s Organizations (President Choi Geum-sook) and supported by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, this event annually selects and awards local government heads who have made significant contributions to the improvement of women's rights and status nationwide.

Governor Won was the first in the nation to establish a Gender Equality Policy Officer department, leading efforts to respect women's human rights and improve their status, and contributed to the promotion of women's rights and the spread of a gender-equal culture through practical gender equality policies.

In particular, Governor Won Hee-ryong contributed to creating and expanding a systematic educational foundation to build a gender-equal Jeju by opening the Jeju Gender Equality Education Center, a key pledge project of the 7th local government administration, on October 7, serving as a hub for raising awareness and spreading culture of gender equality in the Jeju area.

Additionally, he received high praise for his contribution to maintaining a COVID-19 clean Jeju by establishing Jeju-style COVID-19 quarantine measures, resulting in no cases of local infection.

At the awards ceremony, Kim In-young, Director of the Women's, Family and Youth Division of Jeju Province, attended and received the award on behalf of Governor Won Hee-ryong.

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