Gyeonggi Women International Forum to Be Held in Suwon on December 2... Agenda: "Women, Human Rights, and Peace"

The "2025 Gyeonggi Women International Forum," which aims to lead global agendas such as women’s rights, human rights, and peace while presenting a Gyeonggi-style peace economy model, will be held on December 2 at the Suwon Ramada Hotel.

This forum, the first international women’s policy event organized by a metropolitan government and now in its second year, will bring together 15 domestic and international experts, officials from central and local governments, embassies in Korea, and related organizations and groups, both online and offline.

Gyeonggi Province has set the theme of the forum as "Gyeonggi Women Connecting the World - Women, Human Rights, and Peace Economy," and each topic will be explored from a women’s perspective. The province also plans to seek policy directions that reflect the unique characteristics of the Gyeonggi region.

2025 Gyeonggi Women International Forum Poster

The opening ceremony will feature a keynote speech on expanding women’s rights and participation in peacebuilding processes. The speakers are Monica McWilliams, a renowned human rights activist and politician who played a key role in the 1998 Northern Ireland peace agreement; Rangita de Silva de Alwis, a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); and Moon Ahyoung, a peace education expert and head of Peace MOMO.

Each session will include presentations and discussions by researchers from the Gyeonggi Women’s Family Foundation, the Korean Women’s Development Institute, Hyundai Research Institute, and the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, as well as domestic and international activists working in related fields.

Gyeonggi Province expects the forum to serve as an opportunity to spread the message that "women connect the world, and peace drives the economy," and to share its vision of being at the center of realizing women’s rights and a peace economy.

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