Gyeonggi Province Recruiting Organizations for Gender Equality Public Contest Project...Until February 27

Gyeonggi Province is recruiting organizations to participate in the "Gender Equality Public Contest Project" until February 27 this month.

This year's contest is the first project to utilize the newly established "Women and Family Fund" of Gyeonggi Province, with a total budget of 650 million won to be invested.

The fund serves as a financial foundation for improving the welfare and rights of women and families. It is used to provide stable support for gender equality-related civil society activities and to create tangible change in cooperation with the private sector.

This public contest consists of four areas: (1) creating a family-friendly social culture, (2) creating a safe environment free from gender-based violence, (3) strengthening women's capacity for social participation and expanding the foundation for such participation, and (4) creating a gender-equal social environment. In the open contest category, organizations can propose creative gender equality-related projects that they have planned themselves.

Eligible applicants are non-profit corporations and non-profit civil organizations located in Gyeonggi Province as of the announcement date.

Gyeonggi Province will provide between a minimum of 10 million won and a maximum of 30 million won per organization for selected projects. Five percent of the requested subsidy amount must be covered by the organization itself. In addition, to enhance the reliability of project implementation, taking out a performance guarantee insurance policy is mandatory.

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Organizations wishing to participate can apply online through the Local Subsidy Management System (Botam-e). The selection results will be announced in April.

More detailed information can be found on the Botam-e system or on the Gyeonggi Province website (gg.go.kr). For other inquiries, please contact the Gender Policy Division of Gyeonggi Province at 031-8008-2505.

Park Yeonkyung, Director General of the Women and Family Bureau of Gyeonggi Province, said, "This contest is the first step for the private sector to directly develop various ideas related to gender equality through the Women and Family Fund," adding, "We hope to discover field-centered projects that will allow residents of the province to feel changes in their daily lives."

Meanwhile, last year Gyeonggi Province supported 34 projects, including "Ieum Growth School" of Doran Doran Village School, where children and parents learn and participate in experiential activities together, and "Women, Writing Care," a healing writing program for care workers run by the incorporated association Growing Together Womenullim.

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