Butter Knife Crew 3rd Generation Launched... 22 Teams Selected

Content Creation and Awareness Improvement Activities on Gender Equality in 9 Fields; 'Sotong-ui Gongronjang' Introduced This Year to Bridge Gender Perception Gap

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The 'Butterknife Crew 3rd Generation,' a youth gender equality culture promotion group, consisting of 22 teams, has begun activities for six months.

On the 24th, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced that the launch ceremony for the '2021 Youth Gender Equality Culture Promotion Group,' which creates a future vision from a gender equality perspective, will be held on the 25th at Heyground Changemakers in Seongdong-gu, Seoul.

The promotion group will focus on nine areas: mental care, career development, culture and arts/media, local communities, health, gender awareness education, mutual communication, safety, and family, carrying out content production and awareness improvement activities.

As a result of a two-week open recruitment starting April 28, 22 teams were finally selected out of a total of 51 teams. By topic, there are ▲7 teams for mental care ▲3 teams for career development ▲3 teams for culture and arts/media ▲3 teams for local communities ▲2 teams for health ▲1 team for mutual communication ▲1 team for gender awareness education ▲1 team for safety ▲1 team for family.

The promotion group will conduct projects for six months and disclose monthly activity details on an online platform. A mid-term presentation will be held in August, a final report meeting in November, and the activity results will be shared via SNS and other channels in December.

This year, to resolve perception gaps and conflicts between men and women regarding gender equality, the ‘2021 Communication Forum’ will be newly operated. Experts will participate as discussion facilitators, and young men and women will discuss topics such as employment, housing, and mutual respect from June to November, producing content documenting the process of finding compromises.

Jung Young-ae, Minister of Gender Equality and Family, said, "Through the newly operated ‘Communication Forum’ this year, I hope that men and women in their 20s and 30s will have opportunities to bridge perception gaps about gender equality and foster mutual respect, consideration, and inclusiveness."

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