Ministry of Gender Equality Secures 7.1 Billion Won in Supplementary Budget... Expanding Hiring of Career-Interrupted Women and Care Workers

Expansion of Saeil Female Interns and Employment Counselors
Recruitment of Idolbomi and Support for Emergency Childcare Costs
Operation of 200 Youth Harmful Media Monitors

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family has secured a budget of 7.1 billion KRW necessary for supporting career-interrupted women and expanding dedicated personnel for childcare services.

On the 25th, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced that the supplementary budget bill was approved at the National Assembly plenary session. The supplementary budget increased by 7.1 billion KRW (0.6%) compared to the original budget (1.2325 trillion KRW).

Using the supplementary budget, the Ministry will expand the 'Saeil Women Intern' program by 2,000 to help career-interrupted women gain job experience. To discover corporate recruitment demands and support linked employment, 40 employment counselors will be added, increasing the total to 1,197. The increased budget amounts are 3.8 billion KRW and 300 million KRW, respectively.

An additional 1,500 childcare workers will be trained to provide emergency care services for COVID-19 medical staff and quarantine personnel, as well as emergency care services during daycare and school closures. The Ministry will expand 70 dedicated personnel at service providing institutions and support the purchase cost of masks for childcare workers at 36,000 KRW per person. Emergency care service fees will be subsidized from 40% to 90%, and emergency care services for medical and quarantine personnel will be supported from 60% to 90%.

In response to the rapid increase in internet and smartphone media usage and the expanding use of adult videos among elementary school students, a new harmful media monitoring team will be operated. Two hundred personnel will be deployed to inspect random chat apps, SNS, videos, and other harmful sites. They will check for youth harmful information such as proxy purchases, drinking broadcasts, and adult broadcasts.

Minister of Gender Equality and Family Jeong Young-ae stated, "We will promptly allocate the first supplementary budget for 2021 to ensure smooth execution on the ground, overcome the employment crisis for women caused by COVID-19, resolve childcare gaps, and do our best to support the safe growth of youth."

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