Youth 'Sexual Rights Education' Budget Completely Cut... Park Ji-hyun Calls It "Finance That Kills the Vulnerable"

Former Democratic Party Emergency Committee Chair Park Ji-hyun Facebook

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family is reportedly planning to abolish the sexual rights education and labor rights protection projects for youth next year, prompting former co-chair of the Democratic Party Emergency Committee Park Ji-hyun to criticize it as a "budget that kills the vulnerable, not a sound budget."

On the 7th, Park posted on her Facebook, saying, "It seems that President Yoon Suk-yeol does not see the youth exposed to sexual crimes and those dying in workplaces."

Former Co-Chair of the Democratic Party Emergency Committee, Park Ji-hyun, is responding to reporters' questions while attending the trial of independent lawmaker Park Wan-joo at the Seoul Southern District Court on the afternoon of August 30. Photo by Yonhap News

She stated, "The sexual rights education project is designed to teach vulnerable youth to recognize themselves as sexual subjects and to respect and protect not only their own sexual rights but also those of others."

Regarding the 'Youth Labor Rights Protection' project, she explained, "It is a project for youth, who are a representative 'labor vulnerable group' that finds it difficult to raise their voices against minimum wage violations, wage arrears, and unfair treatment in the workplace. It provided youth labor rights counseling, on-site mediation visits, labor rights education, discovery and implementation of happy workplaces, and promotional activities."

Park criticized, "However, the Yoon Suk-yeol administration has completely cut the budget for these crime prevention and educational projects aimed at vulnerable groups," and questioned, "Is a budget that strangles the vulnerable a sound budget?" She added, "Cutting the budget to protect youth and boasting about 'fiscal diet' and 'sound finances' is like bragging about saving on food expenses by withholding water and food from a malnourished patient."

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