Gurye-gun Holds First Meeting of Women-Friendly City Citizen Participation Group

Activities such as Policy Proposals and Monitoring for Women's Empowerment, Care, and Safety

[Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yuk Miseok] On the 22nd, Gurye-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it held the first meeting of the Women's Friendly City Citizen Participation Group with 15 members attending at the county office situation room.

At the meeting, the county explained the progress of county administration, encouraged active future activities, and held a discussion to share opinions for the development of women's policies.

This project aims to create a gender-equal environment that pursues work-life balance and practices care.

As of the end of last year, there are 95 designated Women's Friendly Cities nationwide and 9 in Jeollanam-do.

To prepare for the creation of a Women's Friendly City, the county enacted the "Ordinance on the Creation of a Women's Friendly City in Gurye-gun" in April 2020, and held a launching ceremony last September through a public recruitment of the "Gurye-gun Women's Friendly City Citizen Participation Group."

The participation group presents improvement opinions for the creation of a Women's Friendly City, proposes new policies and policy directions, supports promotional activities to spread a women-friendly local culture, and leads changes in the local community to drive the sustainable growth of the Women's Friendly City.

This year, the citizen participation group plans to carry out activities such as capacity-building education for the group, monitoring and suggesting improvements on inconveniences and irrational matters faced by women, and holding regular meetings once every quarter to strengthen and activate the group.

Kim Sunho, the governor of Gurye-gun, said to the members active in the Women's Friendly City Citizen Participation Group, "We will strive to create a gender-equal city where women's community activity capabilities are strengthened through revitalizing women's village groups in various fields and expanding community activity spaces, where women's safety and child-rearing are guaranteed, and work-family balance is harmoniously achieved, making a city where everyone is happy."

Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yuk Miseok kun5783@asiae.co.kr

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