Gwangju Dong-gu 'Women-Friendly City Re-Certification Goal' Women's Leadership Training Conducted

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) announced on the 27th that it will conduct ‘Local Women Leaders Education’ aiming for the third-phase re-certification as a Women-Friendly City in 2021.

Since the 19th, Dong-gu has been conducting education sessions for 120 activists from 13 women’s organizations within the district at the Village Sarangchae, divided into four zones with 30 participants each, continuing until the 30th.

This education, hosted by Barim Media Space (CEO Kang Hee-jung), is being conducted under the theme ‘A Women-Friendly City Gwangju Dong-gu Blooming Together in Happiness’ using the 2020 Dong-gu Gender Equality Fund.

Dong-gu is providing capacity-building education to revitalize women and family-friendly village communities, focusing on ▲gender-equal village environments ▲safe village environments for all ▲gender sensitivity, and plans to promote the creation of a women-friendly city led directly by women through this.

Now in its fourth year since certification as a Women-Friendly City, Dong-gu has allocated a project budget of 1.535 billion KRW for 31 tasks across five major areas, pursuing related projects with the goal of third-phase re-certification in 2021.

So far, Dong-gu has implemented various projects to create a women-friendly city, including ▲Operation of the Illegal Filming NO! Public Restroom Hidden Camera Guard Team ▲Participation of Multicultural Immigrant Women in Local Community Job Projects ▲Installation of Women-Safe Parcel Lockers ▲Operation of Dong-gu Women’s University for Immediate Employment ▲Creation of Parking Lots Considering Women, Children, and the Elderly ▲Expansion of Mom-Friendly Public Daycare Centers ▲Installation of Infant and Toddler Plazas ▲One-Stop Pregnancy Support Services ▲Operation of the Women-Friendly Resident Participation Group ‘Sympathy Talk Sessions’.

Im Taek, Mayor of Dong-gu, said, “Various policies pursued so far to create a safe and happier women-friendly city are bearing fruitful results,” and added, “We will continue to build a village where not only women but all Dong-gu residents are happy through strengthening the capabilities of local women leaders.”

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