Hapcheon-gun Designated by Ministry of Gender Equality and Family... New Leap Forward through Creation of Women-Friendly City

Focus Projects of the 8th Elected Term, Accelerating Preparations for 2023 New Women-Friendly City Agreement

Hapcheon County Office, Gyeongnam.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 25th that with the launch of the 8th local government, it will steadily prepare to achieve the designation of a ‘2023 Women-Friendly City’ by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, aiming to create a Hapcheon where the whole family is happy, thereby creating a new opportunity for advancement.

A ‘Women-Friendly City’ refers to a city where women and men participate equally in local policies, the benefits are evenly distributed to all residents, and women’s growth and safety are guaranteed.

Accordingly, the county went through a legislative notice period until the 24th for the enactment of an ordinance related to the creation of a Women-Friendly City. Once the ordinance enactment process is completed, the county plans to form a creation committee and publicly recruit a citizen participation group so that residents can become partners in administration and participate together.

In the future, the county plans to establish a basic plan aimed at the designation of a Women-Friendly City by analyzing the environment and conditions for creating a Women-Friendly City, discovering region-specific projects, and promoting detailed action tasks by department, thereby preparing methods that residents can empathize with and participate in and advancing the projects.

Additionally, the county is currently soliciting applications to promote projects for improving women-friendly corporate environments and is accelerating preparations for related projects such as research services to build gender-sensitive statistics.

County Governor Kim Yoon-cheol said, “The county is focusing on various policies and projects to ensure that the lives of socially vulnerable groups, including women, can be happy by creating a safe community, generating jobs, and fostering a family-friendly environment,” and added, “We will do our best to create a Women-Friendly City by preparing local policies that residents can feel through passing the Women-Friendly City designation review next year.”

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