Jeong Young-ae, Minister of Gender Equality and Family, Visits Support Center for Career-Interrupted Women

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] On the 31st, Jung Young-ae, Minister of Gender Equality and Family, visited the Eunpyeong Women’s New Work Center, which supports the prevention of career breaks and reemployment for women, as her first field visit after taking office, and held a meeting to listen to the opinions of job-seeking women and center workers.

At the meeting, women who lost their jobs due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), women with career breaks preparing for reemployment, and New Work Center staff attended to share their experiences and discuss policies needed to stabilize women’s employment.

Minister Jung emphasized, "The decrease in the number of employed women after COVID-19 is more than 1.5 times that of men, indicating serious instability in women’s employment," and added, "The issue of women’s jobs must be resolved as a priority." She also stated, "We will strengthen the women’s employment safety net and promote measures to eliminate gender discrimination in the labor market and spread a culture of gender balance."

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