Gwangju Dong-gu, Women's Hope Creation Center Celebrates Its 'First Startup'

‘Pungseon Mama Story’ Opens... First Startup by Marriage Immigrant Woman Draws Attention

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 13th that the first female startup store, "Pungseon Mama Story (CEO Son Seon-hwa)," the first fruit of the startup mentoring program at the Women's Hope Creation Center, has been established.

"Pungseon Mama Story" is a 49㎡ balloon event shop located in Daein-dong, founded by marriage immigrant women from six countries who settled in Dong-gu after marrying Koreans. This is attracting attention as the first startup case achieved by marriage immigrant women in the district.

The Dong-gu Women's Hope Creation Center has been enhancing the economic activity capabilities of marriage immigrant women startup teams through entrepreneurship education and village project promotion.

Additionally, through continuous mentoring, the team achieved the remarkable feat of being selected as a startup target for the Social Entrepreneur Development Project by the Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency.

"Pungseon Mama Story" dreams of a second leap forward as a social enterprise that embodies the values of the village community and cultural diversity through balloons.

CEO Son Seon-hwa said, "With the help of public-private cooperation, we were able to advance from individual immigrant women to an immigrant women’s network, and then to female entrepreneurs pursuing social value," adding, "We want to become a successful case of economic independence for immigrant women in Dong-gu and a source of hope for women dreaming of starting a business."

Im Taek, Mayor of Dong-gu, said, "One of the key factors necessary to improve women's quality of life is strengthening their capabilities for economic activities," and added, "We will continue to spare no effort in supporting various successful female startup cases by linking with specialized institutions and providing customized consulting."

Meanwhile, Dong-gu, the first district nationwide to be designated as a "Women-Friendly City" at level 3, is accelerating various projects such as startup consulting centered on the Dong-gu Women's Hope Creation Center, empathy talk rooms, flea markets, and women's universities, aiming for local-based women's employment and entrepreneurship.

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