Guri-si Wins Excellence Award at Provincial Gender Impact Assessment Policy Improvement Best Practice Competition

Guri City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Baek Kyung-hyun) announced on the 23rd that it won the Excellence Award at the Gyeonggi-do Gender Impact Assessment Policy Improvement Best Practice Competition held at Dasan Hall, Gyeonggi Provincial Government on the 20th.

Guri City received the Excellence Award at the Gyeonggi-do Gender Impact Assessment Policy Improvement Best Practice Competition held on the 20th at the Gyeonggi-do Provincial Government Dasan Hall. Attendees are taking a commemorative photo. Provided by Guri City

In this competition, which evaluates best practices in policy improvement through gender impact assessments targeting 31 cities and counties in Gyeonggi-do to strengthen motivation for implementing gender impact assessment policies and build consensus on Gyeonggi-do's gender mainstreaming policies, the city’s Health Promotion Division’s "Support Project for Suicide Prevention among Low-Income Groups" was selected as one of the final 10 outstanding projects through the first and second rounds of document review.

Additionally, at the competition, the project presented its case by reflecting participants’ gender characteristics and gender-disaggregated statistics to specify strategies for identifying high-risk groups for suicide prevention, and by promoting depression screening and follow-up management tailored by gender for the identified high-risk groups, achieving the Excellence Award.

In particular, through gender-specific approaches, the total number of participants in depression screening for identifying high-risk groups increased by 130%, and among men, it increased by 160% in 2023 compared to 2020, demonstrating enhanced effectiveness in suicide prevention, which received favorable evaluation.

Mayor Baek Kyung-hyun of Guri City stated, “Gender impact assessment is an important compass that enhances the effectiveness of policies through a gender-sensitive approach,” and added, “We will continue to strengthen the reflection of gender impact assessments in city policies to ensure that the perspective of gender equality is incorporated and implemented throughout city administration, reinforcing the foundation for promotion.”

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