Daegu Happiness Promotion Agency Holds 'Daegu Gender Equality Foundation Forum'... Chairman Bae Gicheol Vows to Strengthen Gender Equality Foundation

The Daegu Gender Impact Assessment Center, operated by the Daegu Happiness Promotion Agency (Chairman Bae Gicheol), held the "2025 Daegu Gender Equality Foundation Forum" at SISO, the women's safety-themed space on the first floor of Daegu Concert House, on November 13.

The Daegu Gender Impact Assessment Center is designated by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and entrusted to the Daegu Happiness Promotion Agency for operation. The center carries out work such as consulting, education, implementation monitoring, and discovering best practices to support gender impact assessments for Daegu City, its nine districts and counties, and the Office of Education.

Participants are taking a group commemorative photo ahead of the "2025 Daegu Gender Equality Foundation Forum" held at SISO, the women's safety-themed space on the first floor of Daegu Concert House.

This forum was organized to enhance the effectiveness of gender mainstreaming policies and strengthen the local implementation system in response to the comprehensive restructuring of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. Gender mainstreaming is a system that seeks to eliminate gender gaps by incorporating a gender equality perspective throughout the entire public policy process. Key implementation tools include gender impact assessments, gender-responsive budgeting and settlement, gender sensitivity education, and gender statistics.

During the keynote presentations, Na Seongeun, Senior Researcher at the Seoul Foundation of Women & Family, introduced the implementation system and current status of Seoul's gender mainstreaming policies, while Jung Hyeonji, Director of the Gender Equality Center at the Incheon Foundation for Women & Family, presented case studies of gender equality policies in Incheon.

In the subsequent panel discussion, Professor Lim Wontak (Department of Sociology, Keimyung University; Chair of the Daegu Gender Impact Assessment Committee) served as moderator. Panelists included Lee Haeung, Director of the Gender Impact Assessment Center at the Jeju Women and Family Research Institute, and Lee Kyungsook, Research Fellow at the Daegu Happiness Promotion Agency. They discussed the direction and challenges of implementing gender mainstreaming policies in different regions. Policy practitioners and consultants from Daegu City, its nine districts and counties, the Office of Education, academia, and citizens also participated in the discussion.

Through this forum, by comparing and analyzing gender mainstreaming case studies from other regions such as Seoul, Incheon, and Jeju, concrete tasks for improving the implementation system and policy effectiveness of Daegu's gender mainstreaming efforts were identified. In particular, sharing experiences and cooperation models from various regions provided an opportunity to strengthen the foundation for Daegu City to pursue gender equality policies in a more sustainable and practical manner in the future.

Bae Gicheol, Chairman of the Daegu Happiness Promotion Agency, stated, "At the core of strengthening the functions and roles of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family is gender mainstreaming policy," and added, "We will work together with Daegu City to improve the policy implementation system, enhance effectiveness, and reinforce the foundation for gender equality."

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