Seocho-gu, Establishment of Zone 1 · 1 Women and Family Facility

Gu Opens Bangbae Area Women and Family Facility Providing One-Stop Support for Women, Family, and Multicultural Services on the 30th of Last Month... With Bangbae Area Opening, All Four Areas Including Jamwon, Banpo, Yangjae, Naegok, and Seocho Now Have Women and Family Facilities

Jo Eun-hee, Seocho District Mayor

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seocho-gu (Mayor Eunhee Cho) opened the ‘Bangbae Area Women and Family Facility,’ which provides one-stop support for women, families, childcare, and multicultural families in one place, on the 30th of last month and has begun full-scale operations.

With this, the district has opened women and family facilities in all regional zones within the area, including Jamwon-Banpo, Yangjae-Naegok, Seocho, and now Bangbae.

The ‘Bangbae Area Women and Family Facility’ is located near Bangbae Station on Bangbae-ro 10-gil, occupying a building with a total floor area of 1,240㎡ (375 pyeong), spanning from basement level 1 to the 5th floor above ground.

This facility houses the Seocho Women and Family Plaza Bangbae Center (basement 1 to 3rd floor), the Seocho-gu Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center (4th to 5th floors), as well as the Neulbom Cafe supporting jobs for women with career interruptions, a community room for residents, a nursing room, and a Sky Garden, providing various services to the community.

Looking at the main facilities, the ‘Seocho Women and Family Plaza Bangbae Center’ offers spaces such as a large auditorium, classrooms, cooking room, YouTube studio, and art room for residents of all ages to enjoy learning and leisure activities. In particular, to commemorate the opening, free humanities lectures related to wine and picture books for working professionals will be held on the 21st and 27th of this month.

Starting in November, new programs in cooking, art, health, IT, music, and language, as well as Saturday classes for busy working professionals, will be introduced.

On the 4th and 5th floors of the same building, the ‘Seocho-gu Healthy Family and Multicultural Family Support Center’ offers education for Seocho grandchild caregivers, Seocho childcare providers, special lectures for grandparents, and provides family counseling and case management services. Among these, the ‘Seocho Grandchild Caregiver Education’ is a unique program of Seocho-gu that educates grandparents caring for grandchildren on the latest childcare methods and provides activity support funds, receiving great positive feedback from residents.

Additionally, the Bangbae Area Women and Family Facility plans to implement specialized projects such as the Seocho Humanities University for hands-on experiences, a community space for sharing and intergenerational empathy called Ajit, parent education for creating family-friendly villages, and training local activists in human rights and environmental fields.

The reason the district established the Bangbae Area Women and Family Facility is that it was a major pledge during the 7th local government term to build a facility in the Bangbae area, which was the only one among the four regional zones without a women and family facility, to ensure that the dreams of women and families can be realized anywhere in Seocho-gu. Going forward, the district plans to use this facility not only as a hub for various women and family facilities distributed throughout the area but also as a comprehensive control tower for the district’s women and family policies.

Alongside this, in September, the district established the ‘Seocho Women’s Job Corporation,’ the nation’s first specialized institution for creating jobs for women with career interruptions, continuously striving to provide quality employment opportunities and help women realize their dreams.

Seocho-gu Mayor Eunhee Cho stated, “I am pleased that the one women and family facility per zone policy has finally borne fruit through the Bangbae Area Women and Family Facility,” adding, “We will strive to create a comfortable and happy city for families and women through the various services within the women and family facility.”

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