[Photo] Dongdaemun-gu Holds Plaque Ceremony for Child and Women-Friendly City

The plaque ceremony for the Child and Women-Friendly City was held with Yudeok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu (seventh from the left), along with district executives and staff in attendance.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Dongdaemun-gu (Mayor You Deok-yeol) held a plaque ceremony for the Child and Women Friendly City on the morning of the 25th in front of the district office square.

On that morning, Mayor You Deok-yeol of Dongdaemun-gu, along with district executives and staff, hung the plaque at the entrance of the district office building and pledged a new start for the leap and development as a child and women friendly city where everyone is happy.

The district will take the certification as a child-friendly city as a new leap and promote various child-friendly projects and policies to ensure children's rights and create a city where children are happy, including ▲child rights education ▲formation of child participation organizations ▲child and youth policy proposal contests ▲operation of the children's council and youth participation committee ▲training of citizen instructors for child rights education.

In addition, according to the four-year basic plan for creating a child-friendly city, the district plans to review 33 strategic projects being promoted by 12 departments and establish a public-private network for a thorough child rights protection system.

Along with this, the district plans to actively promote five major goals and 42 policy projects for creating a women-friendly city under the slogan "Happy Dongdaemun for All Families, Let's Be Together! Women Friendly" over the next five years (2021?2025), including ▲expanding women's economic and social participation through the activation of the Seoul Oriental Medicine Promotion Center ▲creating women safety villages ▲installing and operating neighborhood care centers without blind spots in care, to build a women-friendly city that residents can feel.

Mayor You Deok-yeol of Dongdaemun-gu stated, "A city where children and women live well is a city where everyone lives well," and added, "We will cooperate with residents to promote various policies to create a city where all residents are happy and live well."

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