"Overcoming the Ultra-Low Birthrate Crisis"... '2023 Seoul Women's Conference' Held

Slogan Performance for Overcoming Low Birthrate Commitment

The Seoul Metropolitan Government and the ‘Seoul Women’s Organizations Council,’ which includes 34 women’s organizations in Seoul as members, held the '2023 Seoul Women’s Conference' on the 5th at Seoul City Hall to commemorate the ‘Day of Women’s Rights Proclamation (September 1)’ and ‘Gender Equality Week (September 1?7).’

This year’s event, held face-to-face for the first time in three years due to COVID-19, was hosted under the slogan “Overcoming Low Birthrate Together with Seoul Women” amid the ultra-low birthrate phase with a total fertility rate of 0.7. About 600 people, including Mayor Oh Se-hoon, Chairperson Kim Hyun-ki of the Seoul Metropolitan Council, members of the 34 women’s organizations in Seoul, and general citizens, attended the event, which served as a platform for women to pledge their commitment and activities to address the low birthrate issue.

Mayor Oh Se-hoon awarded commendations to eight individuals who contributed to the advancement of women’s rights and the spread of a culture of gender equality in the local community in celebration of the ‘Day of Women’s Rights Proclamation.’

The Seoul Women’s Organizations Council proposed a 'Joint Declaration for Overcoming Low Birthrate,' which includes active support for Seoul’s low birthrate overcoming policies such as the ‘Mom and Dad Happiness Project,’ strengthening women’s social participation and economic activities, and practicing sharing and volunteering to resolve blind spots in care services. Following this, Mayor Oh and the attendees held hand placards with the slogan ‘Mom and Dad Happiness, Overcoming Low Birthrate, Together with Seoul Women’ to demonstrate their commitment through a slogan performance.

Mayor Oh said, “Although many women are playing leading roles in various sectors of society, women’s occupational rights have not been fully realized in a reality where childbirth and child-rearing are still considered primarily women’s responsibilities. As a result, the low birthrate problem has become so severe that we face a crisis where the extinction of the nation must be feared. I believe that the active interest and participation of Seoul’s women’s organizations, which have worked hard for the advancement of women’s rights and gender equality, will become the driving force to solve this era’s challenge of low birthrate.”

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