Seoul City Achieves 100% Completion of Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Senior Officials

Civil Servants Grade 3 and Above and Heads of Investment-Funded Institutions

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 30th that, following last year’s first-ever public disclosure by a local government of the violence prevention education completion status for public officials at grade 3 or higher to eradicate hierarchical power-based sexual misconduct (cases involving senior officials at grade 3 or above), this year the scope of disclosure has been expanded to include heads of investment-funded institutions. A total of 95 people are subject to this disclosure, including 71 from the Seoul Metropolitan Government, 24 from investment-funded institutions, and acting heads. As in last year, all individuals subject to disclosure have completed 100% of the education this year as well.

The education completion status for Seoul Metropolitan Government officials at grade 3 or higher disclosed this time pertains to special training conducted in the first and second halves of the year for the mayor’s office and officials at grade 3 or above.

The violence prevention education completion status for Seoul Metropolitan Government officials at grade 3 or higher (71 people) and heads of investment-funded institutions (24 people) is available for public viewing on the Seoul Metropolitan Government website.

Meanwhile, to eradicate sexual harassment and sexual violence within the organization, Seoul is promoting special measures against hierarchical power-based sexual misconduct cases involving senior officials, alongside special education for officials at grade 3 or higher.

Kim Seonsun, Director of the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Women and Family Policy Office, stated, “To eradicate sexual harassment and sexual violence within the organization, prevention and handling of hierarchical power-based sexual misconduct are of utmost importance.” She added, “No cases of power-based sexual misconduct were identified in Seoul last year. Seoul will continue to do its best to achieve zero power-based sexual misconduct by including heads of investment-funded institutions in the disclosure of violence prevention education completion and expanding the ‘external expert participation system for power-based sexual misconduct’ to managers at grade 4 or higher.”

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