Suwon City Aims to Create a City Where All Citizens Are Respected... Strengthening Human Rights Education

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Suwon City in Gyeonggi Province is systematizing human rights education for public officials and citizens to realize "Suwon, a happy human rights city where all citizens are respected."

On the 15th, Suwon City announced that starting this year, according to the "Three-Year Human Rights Education Development Plan (2021?2023)," it will select four key tasks aimed at proactive human rights administration and strengthening citizens' human rights capabilities, and implement 23 detailed projects.

First, the city will subdivide the target groups for human rights education and provide customized human rights education.

In the public sector, the existing education courses and human rights education, which were conducted for city council members, senior officials at grade 5 or above, middle managers, and new public officials, will be linked and conducted. Additionally, basic courses and specific thematic courses will be operated for all public officials.

Human rights education for local community leaders and general citizens will also be expanded so that citizens can enjoy human rights.

Human rights education will be linked to regular meetings of residents' autonomy committees and neighborhood leaders, as well as the Suwon Citizens' Autonomy University curriculum, to spread human rights culture.

Moreover, based on citizen participation, a Suwon Human Rights Academy (tentative name) will be newly established where anyone can participate, and voluntary citizen groups such as learning communities will also be supported.

Visiting human rights education will be strengthened to enable socially vulnerable groups such as children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and migrants to protect their own human rights.

A pool of instructors, which will be the foundation for revitalizing human rights education, will be established, and programs will be developed.

Courses to develop instructors' capabilities will be operated, and programs will be diversified using card news and webtoons to make human rights education feel more approachable.

At the same time, solidarity activities with civic groups will be strengthened to share local human rights situations and issues, and jointly discover and promote human rights promotion support projects.

A city official promised, "We will strengthen human rights education for public officials and workers at city collaboration institutions, who are the core of human rights advocacy policies, and create a Suwon City where people connect and enjoy human rights through citizen human rights education."

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