Dongdaemun-gu Office Workplace Daycare Center Song Woo-sun and Others Awarded for Gender Equality Contributions

Dongdaemun-gu Gender Equality Week Ceremony to be Released on the District Office YouTube Channel on the 3rd... Commendation for Meritorious Residents, Special Lecture by Celebrity Yuin-gyeong, and More

At the Gender Equality Week ceremony held at Dongdaemun-gu Office on August 31, Yoo Deok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu (fourth from the right), and recipients of the Gender Equality Merit Awards are taking a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Dongdaemun-gu (Mayor Yoo Deok-yeol) held a commemorative ceremony on August 31st under the theme "United by Respect, A Happy Dongdaemun-gu for All" to mark the 2021 Gender Equality Week (September 1?7), and released it online via the Dongdaemun-gu Office YouTube channel at 10 a.m. on the 3rd.

The ceremony was fully pre-recorded to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the local community and ensure residents' safety.

In the first part of the ceremony, commendations for gender equality contributions were awarded to a total of 10 recipients, including one organization and nine citizens. This was followed by an introduction of works by local female artists and the announcement of winners of the acrostic poem contest.

The gender equality contribution awards were presented to the following: ▲ In the field of realizing gender equality, Dongdaemun-gu Healthy Family Multicultural Family Support Center (organization) and Song Woo-sun from Dongdaemun-gu Office Workplace Daycare Center ▲ For expanding women's social participation, Kim Soon-bok from Donghwa Daycare Center and Kim Hwang from Yongdu Cultural Welfare Center ▲ For strengthening women's rights and safety, Kim Hyun-sook and Kwon Mi-young from the Illegal Filming Citizen Surveillance Team, Park Cheong-ja, Moon Yeon-kyung, and Im Jeong-hee from the Women-Friendly City Resident Participation Group, and Kim Bong-rye from Jegi-dong Defense Council.

The exhibition of works by female artists, originally planned as an offline event, was replaced by an online exhibition due to the extension of social distancing level 4 measures. In the acrostic poem contest, the grand prize was awarded to Jang Jae-eun for the poem: "It’s not about yielding, it’s about equal awareness and practice regarding gender, preparing for the emergence of a better world."

In the second part, broadcaster and writer Yoo In-kyung gave a special lecture titled "Gender Equality through Communication." During the lecture, Yoo In-kyung shared sincere stories about gender equality based on her own experiences and introduced the ABC theory for communication (Ask, Believe, Cheerful), attracting attention.

Yoo Deok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, stated at the ceremony, “I express my gratitude and congratulations to the awardees for their hard work toward gender equality, and our district will strive even harder to create a gender-equal society, especially one where women can live well.”

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