Vice Minister Kim Kyung-sun of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Conducts On-site Inspection of Quarantine Measures at Single-Parent Family Welfare Facilities

One-Day Single-Parent Family Welfare Facility Disinfection Inspection and On-Site Opinion Hearing

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] On the 1st, Kim Kyung-sun, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, announced on the 31st that she will visit Aeranwon, a single-parent family welfare facility located in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, to directly inspect the COVID-19 quarantine situation and listen to on-site opinions.

This visit was arranged to check the COVID-19 response system and compliance with quarantine rules at single-parent family welfare facilities following the extension of social distancing level 4 in the metropolitan area, and to hear about difficulties faced on site.

There are 122 single-parent family welfare facilities nationwide, which support housing and livelihood stability and independence after discharge for low-income, homeless single-parent families experiencing difficulties in livelihood and child-rearing. Aeranwon, the facility to be visited this time, is a specialized facility for adolescent unmarried pregnant women who inevitably face the triple hardships of study, child-rearing, and employment alone, and the existing facility was newly expanded in 2017.

Vice Minister Kim said, “I appreciate the hard work of the facility workers who are striving for the independence and self-reliance of single parents during these difficult times,” and added, “We will do our best to support so that single parents and their children can live safely by thoroughly managing facility quarantine and ensuring there is no lack in preparing for independence such as academic and vocational education for single parents.”

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