Why Can't Men Wear Pink? ... Busan Office of Education Publishes Award-Winning Collection of 'I Am Also a Gender-Sensitive Creator!' Contest

Busan Metropolitan Office of Education has published three volumes of the 'I am also a Gender-Sensitive Creator! Contest Winning Works Collection.'

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Dooyul] The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education is publishing and distributing three volumes of the ‘I am also a Gender Sensitivity Creator! Contest Award-Winning Works Collection’ to schools at all levels to promote a healthy sexual culture, enhance gender sensitivity within the educational community, and prevent sexual violence.

The collection includes a total of 26 works: 25 award-winning pieces from five categories in last year’s ‘I am also a Gender Sensitivity Creator! Contest’ and one special work, divided into three genres?‘Creative Literature,’ ‘Webtoon,’ and ‘Image Creation.’

The ‘Creative Literature’ volume contains five works including poems, novels, and essays; the ‘Webtoon’ volume includes seven works; and the ‘Image Creation’ volume features 14 works such as illustrated diaries, 8-panel comics, and emoticons.

The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education held the contest from July 1 to September 30 last year, targeting elementary, middle, and high school students, faculty members, and parents.

The contest was conducted across six categories?illustrated diaries, 8-panel comics, emoticons, webtoons, radio commercials, and creative literature?under three themes: ‘Prevention of Illegal Filming,’ ‘Gender Equality,’ and ‘Prevention of Digital Sexual Violence.’

After reviewing 147 submissions in October, a total of 29 works were selected and awarded: one grand prize, four excellence awards, seven merit awards, and seventeen encouragement awards, divided by elementary, middle, high school, and general divisions.

The grand prize was awarded to Kwon Mijeong, a first-year student at Jaesong Middle School, for her creative literature novel titled ‘A Flower That Blooms After Falling.’

Excellence awards were given to Park Hayun, a sixth-grade student at Myeongryun Elementary School, for the 8-panel comic ‘Why Can’t Men Wear Pink?’; Kwon Jaeun, a second-year student at Saha Middle School, for the creative literature novel ‘A Big Story Told by a Little Girl’; and Kim Ahyoung, a second-year student at Korea Arts High School, for the webtoon ‘I Hate This Kind of Life.’

Additionally, Lee Yeo-jin, a teacher at Busan International Middle School, received an excellence award in the creative literature essay category for ‘Me 10 Years Ago, Me Now, Us 10 Years Later.’

Nam Sujeong, Director of School Life Education at the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, stated, “We will continue to develop and operate various educational programs that can enhance students’ gender sensitivity to foster a healthy sexual culture.”

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