Daejeon City Selects 12 "Women-Friendly Companies" for 2025

Efforts to Foster a Gender-Equal Workplace Culture
with Childcare Spaces and Paternity Leave for Men

Photo by Daejeon City

On November 25, Daejeon City awarded plaques to 12 "Women-Friendly Companies" at the medium-sized conference room on the 10th floor of Daejeon City Hall. These companies have worked to foster a gender-equal workplace culture in recruitment, human resources, and education, regardless of gender, marital status, pregnancy, or childbirth.

In August, the city, together with officials from the Saeil Center and experts, finalized a total of 22 indicators for employment and workplace culture improvement, as well as support for work-life balance. From September to October, 17 companies applied, and after document review and on-site inspections, a final selection committee in early November designated 12 companies as women-friendly companies.

The 2025 women-friendly companies include 4 in manufacturing, 1 in software, 5 in medical and welfare, and 2 in service industries, totaling 12 companies.

The selected women-friendly companies are: Golden Medical Care (Director Kim Youngju), Rich Korean Medicine Hospital (Director Jeon Changhyeon), Linsol Co., Ltd. (CEO Lee Hyogeun), SG Energy Co., Ltd. (CEO Lee Jinseop), Owen Food Chef Aecham Co., Ltd. (CEO Park Wooyeon), UTObiz Co., Ltd. (CEO Bae Jonghwan), Bright Mind Medical Foundation Workrun Rehabilitation Hospital (Director Yeom Jinho), Ibiga Food Co., Ltd. (CEO Byun Seonggu), Jungbu Nursing Hospital (Director Lee Heemin), Jia Medical Foundation (CEO Kang Jihoon), Commu Co., Ltd. (CEO Kim Kyunghwan), and FiberPro Co., Ltd. (CEO Ko Yeonwan).

These companies operate a variety of programs, such as paternity leave and men's lounges, six months of childcare helper support for employees who give birth, and additional parental leave support for vulnerable groups, including single-parent families.

Daejeon City plans to support these companies not only by awarding plaques and promoting them, but also by providing funding for environmental improvements and dispatching instructors for gender equality education, so that companies can continue to build a gender-equal workplace culture.

Lee Jangwoo, Mayor of Daejeon, said, "The reason Daejeon City has achieved the highest grade in the regional gender equality index for 13 consecutive years and ranked third nationwide in the work-life balance index is thanks to the active efforts of our business leaders. I ask for your continued support to help Daejeon women actively participate in economic activities and to promote work-life balance, contributing to Daejeon's leap as a 'first-class economic city.'"

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