Changwon Special City, Women's Everyday Ideas Shine Bright

Women’s Empathy Life Idea Contest Award Ceremony Held

Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam held the award ceremony for the '2022 Women's Empathy Life Idea Contest,' which discovers ideas from women's daily lives.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Song Jong-gu] On the 26th, Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam held an awards ceremony for the ‘2022 Women’s Empathy Life Idea Contest’ at the Citizen Hall to discover women’s everyday life ideas.

The Women’s Empathy Life Idea Contest has been continuously held since 2014 with the goal of expanding women’s economic and social participation through the development of women’s abilities by improving inconveniences in daily life, commercializing creative ideas, and connecting them to employment and entrepreneurship.

The contest theme was all ideas that can gain empathy from daily life and can be realized as products. This year, 57 entries were received, and a total of 10 were selected to receive certificates and prize money totaling 6 million KRW.

The results of the Women’s Empathy Life Idea selection are as follows: ▲Grand Prize: So Jae-eun (flour storage container with a sieve) ▲Gold Prize: Nam Hyun-jung (multi-purpose straw lid cap) ▲Silver Prize: Lee Mi-ran (length-adjustable curtain band using magnets), Lee Jeong-ju (X hanger that holds sleeves without wrinkles) ▲Bronze Prize: Lee Gwi-yeon (perfectly fitting trash can), Hong Baek-na (refill pump tube kit for using liquid products cleanly without residue) ▲Encouragement Prize: Kim Mi-ae (rotating flowerpot stand using Arduino), Lee Jeong-ju (ring-shaped pillar handle convenient for both hands), Lee Ji-yoon (entrance safety app), Jeon Eun-hee (centrifugal tube container-type can dispenser).

First Deputy Mayor An Gyeong-won said, “The Women’s Empathy Life Idea Contest plays a role as a representative women-friendly program that attracts participation from various women including career-interrupted women, students, and housewives. Going forward, our city will take the lead in creating a happy Gender City and Changwon-type women-friendly city through policies supporting women’s social participation and economic independence.”

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