Green Umbrella Child Rights Advocacy Group Represents Korea at Asia Regional Child Participation Workshop

The Child Rights Advocacy Group of Green Umbrella Child Fund participating as the representative of South Korea in the "2025 Asia Regional Child Participation Workshop." Green Umbrella Child Fund

Green Umbrella (Chairman Hwang Younggi) announced on September 3 that the Green Umbrella Child Rights Advocacy Group participated as the representative of South Korea in the "2025 Asia Regional Child Participation Workshop."

This workshop is an annual event hosted by CRC-ASIA (Child Rights Coalition-ASIA), a coalition for child rights in the Asia region, providing a platform for children across Asia to gather and discuss topics related to child rights. The Green Umbrella Child Rights Advocacy Group, an organization dedicated to promoting child participation for the advancement of child rights, has been participating in the Asia Regional Child Participation Workshop since 2023.

This year’s workshop, held in Bangkok, Thailand from August 26 to 28, was themed "Culture and the Right to Expression in the Digital Environment." Children from 14 countries, including South Korea, took part and shared a variety of opinions. Representing South Korea, two children from the Green Umbrella Child Rights Advocacy Group participated and raised their voices on issues related to child rights violations, particularly focusing on online gaming.

Photos 1 and 2 show the Green Umbrella Child Rights Advocacy Group participating as representatives of South Korea in the "2025 Asia Regional Child Participation Workshop." Green Umbrella

Based on their experiences, they explained cases of rights violations that children may face in the digital environment in South Korea, and pointed out various problems such as grooming and cyberbullying that occur through communication in online games. They also called for stronger social responsibility from platform companies.

Yoo Seohyun (age 12), who participated in the workshop, said, "It was a meaningful time to talk with friends from different countries about online safety and to think together about the safe online environment we hope for."

Jung Seheon (age 11) stated, "Through this workshop, I realized that it takes the efforts of children, adults, and the government to address the risks that may arise in 'games,' which are a new channel for communication in the digital environment."

Hwang Younggi, Chairman of Green Umbrella, said, "Now that digital life is deeply embedded in children’s lives, there should be more opportunities like this workshop for children to directly voice their calls for safer environments and for those voices to be heard. Going forward, Green Umbrella will continue to strengthen domestic and international cooperation so that children are respected as subjects of their own rights."

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