Seongdong-gu Popera Concert Held to Commemorate Gender Equality Week Event

On September 21, the Seongdong-gu Office 3rd Floor Auditorium Hosts Gender Equality Week Commemoration Event After 3 Years...Awards for Meritorious Persons, Popera Concert, Family Photo Exhibition and More Create an Opportunity to Reflect on the Meaning of Equality

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seongdong-gu (Mayor Jeong Won-oh) announced that it will hold a commemorative event on September 21 at 2 p.m. in the auditorium on the 3rd floor of Seongdong-gu Office to mark the 2022 Gender Equality Week.

Every year, September 1?7 is designated as Gender Equality Week, a commemorative week stipulated by the Framework Act on Gender Equality to promote harmonious development between women and men and the realization of substantive gender equality.

This event, held for the first time in three years due to COVID-19, will award plaques of appreciation to 12 individuals who contributed to promoting gender equality and spreading its culture, and will also hold a popera gender equality talk concert.

Under the theme “A New Approach to Gender Equality through Changing Perceptions,” the talk concert will be conducted in a way that allows residents to easily and enjoyably understand the sometimes rigid concept of gender equality, aiming to create an equal atmosphere in daily life.

As a side event, a family photo exhibition for understanding diverse families will be held in the lobby of the large auditorium on the 3rd floor of the district office, displaying photos of various family types such as single-person households, single-parent families, multicultural families, grandparent-grandchild families, and families with companion animals. The exhibition will introduce diverse family forms and attempt to shift the fixed image of family.

In addition, a family photo printing service will be provided, along with campaigns to improve awareness of gender equality and women with career breaks, as well as a campaign to prevent child abuse.

So far, Seongdong-gu has established a gender equality fund and conducted an annual gender equality contest project, and in November 2021, it became the first in the nation to enact an ordinance related to women with career breaks.

It has also implemented various policies such as issuing career recognition certificates for care work lasting more than one month of unpaid care labor.

Jeong Won-oh, Mayor of Seongdong-gu, said, “Although social interest in gender equality has increased as times change, it is still insufficient to speak of complete gender equality,” and added, “We will do our best to realize true gender equality for our residents in the future.”

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