Minister Jeong Young-ae Requests Local Governments' Cooperation on Employment Measures and Sexual Violence Prevention Education

Request for Prompt Execution of Local Government Women's Employment Projects
Request for Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence Prevention Education Including Heads of Institutions
Separate Disclosure Planned for List of Institution Heads Who Do Not Attend

Minister Jeong Young-ae of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced measures to overcome and recover from the COVID-19 response women's employment crisis on the 4th at the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] Jeong Young-ae, Minister of Gender Equality and Family, will hold an online meeting with deputy heads of cities and provinces nationwide to discuss the implementation of measures to address the women's employment crisis, sexual violence prevention education, and the establishment of guidelines to prevent secondary damage.

On the 28th, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced that Minister Jeong plans to urge the swift implementation of recovery measures for the women's employment crisis through an online meeting at 2 p.m. on the 29th.

They shared the employment issues faced by women who combine caregiving and labor, and women employed in face-to-face service industries, which have been concentrated due to COVID-19, and requested the prompt execution of the caregiving and women's employment budget prepared through the supplementary budget.

They also requested that local governments carry out regional quarantine projects and career-interrupted women specialized projects, which are directly conducted by local governments, without any setbacks, as part of the first supplementary budget passed by the National Assembly on the 25th.

Regarding the "Standard Guidelines for Preventing Secondary Damage from Violence Against Women" prepared in January, they ordered local governments to establish guidelines within the first half of the year and to conduct separate sexual harassment and sexual violence prevention education for high-ranking officials, including heads of institutions.

The list of heads of institutions who did not participate in sexual harassment and sexual violence education will be disclosed separately. Starting this year, a full survey on the participation status of high-ranking officials in local governments in prevention education will be conducted.

Minister Jeong said, "To reflect the voices from the field such as local governments in policies, we will regularly hold meetings with deputy heads of cities and provinces and further strengthen the cooperative system with local governments."

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