'Protection of Athletes' Human Rights' Gyeonggi-do Sports Human Rights Center Marks 1 Year Since Opening on the 28th

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Gyeonggi Province's 'Gyeonggi Sports Human Rights Center,' the first of its kind established by a local government to protect and promote the human rights of athletes, marked its first anniversary on the 28th.

Gyeonggi Province opened the Sports Human Rights Center on the 20th floor of the new Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office building on July 28 last year. The center, staffed by human rights counselors and education officers, conducts various projects including ▲sports human rights counseling ▲sports human rights education ▲sports human rights promotion. The entrusted organizations are the Sports Culture Research Institute and Daekyo Co., Ltd.

Over the past year, the center has provided human rights counseling through face-to-face and online methods to protect the human rights of athletes. Since December last year, it has enhanced counseling convenience by operating a 'visiting human rights counseling' service. The main types of counseling include continuous bullying, ostracism, and violence within groups.

Additionally, sports human rights education has been conducted in all 31 cities and counties. Over the past year, a total of 1,175 athletes and coaches participated in the education programs, including 777 in-person and 398 online sessions.

For sports human rights promotion, the center introduced its roles and functions to Gyeonggi residents, athletes, and sports personnel by visiting the venues of the Gyeonggi Disabled Sports Competition and the Gyeonggi Sports Competition held in Seongnam City from April to May this year.

The center plans to develop and provide various educational content, such as 'participatory human rights education' and 'human rights education through films,' as differentiated human rights education unique to Gyeonggi Province.

Furthermore, the upcoming Sports Human Rights Forum in December will discuss publicizing issues necessary for the promotion of sports human rights.

In particular, a pocketbook-style human rights textbook for athletes and coaches of workplace sports teams will also be published.

A Gyeonggi Province official stated, "The Gyeonggi Sports Human Rights Center is striving to enhance the human rights of athletes in Gyeonggi through various projects," adding, "We will actively promote the center's activities so that more athletes can use its services and continue efforts to protect human rights."

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