37 Women and Family Type Preliminary Social Enterprises Selected

Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Conducts Contest for Final Selection
119 Companies Designated So Far
Payment of Employee Wages and Dispatch of Experts Included

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] A 'women and family-friendly preliminary social enterprise' that leads women and family-friendly management by providing jobs to career-interrupted women and marriage immigrant women and helping at-risk youth has been selected.

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced on the 30th that it conducted a public contest for preliminary social enterprises and finally selected 37 companies out of a total of 61 companies through on-site inspections and evaluations.

By type, 14 companies including Mindoor Social Cooperative and Social Cooperative People and Peace were selected for the social service provision type, and 4 companies including Jigucheon Ttubokidul and Jeong Yak-yong Company were selected for the job provision type. For the mixed type, Jeonbuk Flower Garden Research Institute and Hwajam Leather were chosen. For the others (creative and innovative) type, 17 companies including Neonadeuli Sexual Culture Center and Meaning of were designated as preliminary social enterprises.

These companies have provided quality jobs to career-interrupted women and marriage immigrant women or supported at-risk youth through youth suicide prevention. Companies that provided psychological family support or education to vulnerable groups and those that helped multicultural families adapt were also included.

Since 2012, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family has designated companies with potential to develop into social enterprises in the fields of women, family, and youth as women and family-type preliminary social enterprises. Including this time, a total of 119 companies have been designated as preliminary social enterprises. These companies will be eligible to apply for various government supports such as payment of workers' wages, dispatch of professional personnel, and market development. They can also receive additional support such as corporate diagnosis and customized management consulting.

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