Ministry of Gender Equality and Family Announces Call for 'Gender Equality Social Policy Projects' Until January 12
Public Call for Policy Proposals to Address Gender Discrimination and Stereotypes in Workplaces, Educational Settings, and Daily Life
Submissions Accepted by Mail and Email from the 23rd to January 12th
[Asia Economy Reporter Han Jinju] The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced on the 21st that it will conduct a "National Public Contest for Gender Equality Social Policy Tasks Created by My Own Hands" to discover policy tasks necessary for improving discriminatory practices and gender stereotypes.
Anyone, whether an individual or an organization, can participate and propose policies needed to improve gender-related stereotypes or discrimination experienced in workplaces, educational settings, or daily life.
Proposals can be submitted by mail (to the Central Gender Impact Assessment Center within the Korean Women's Development Institute) or by email from the 23rd until January 12 of next year.
Through the national contest for gender equality policy tasks, the Ministry has discovered and reflected actual policies such as ▲installation of privacy partitions in restrooms for boys in kindergartens ▲introduction of special leave for spouse miscarriage or stillbirth ▲implementation of a military duty location application system for single-parent soldiers ▲inspection of gender-discriminatory elements in school songs and mottos.
Among the proposed tasks, 10 tasks with high policy effectiveness, creativity, and feasibility (1 grand prize, 2 excellence awards, 7 encouragement awards) will be selected as outstanding proposals. The results will be announced in February next year. Selected policy proposers will receive a small prize.
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Proposals selected as outstanding tasks will be nominated as candidates for specific gender impact assessments and, after review by the Central Gender Impact Assessment Committee, will be actualized as policies.
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