[Suwon Ilbo=Seo Dong-young] Uiwang City held the 'Uiwang Gender Equality Forum' on the 17th at the City Hall conference room with approximately 150 citizens and civic participants under the theme of "Creating a Women-Friendly City and Improving Civic Awareness."
At the forum held under the auspices of Uiwang City's Women-Friendly City Civic Participation Group 'Yeowoomanse,' participants explored ways to promote projects from a gender-aware perspective to create a women-friendly city.
An Tae-yoon, director of the Gender Equality Project Division at the Gyeonggi Province Family and Women Research Institute and the keynote speaker, presented on the topic of "Creating a Women-Friendly City and Gender Equality in Uiwang City," offering recommendations for sustainable women-friendly city development through analysis of the city's current status and policy needs.
Yoon Mi-geun, chairman of the City Council and a discussant, explained "Future policy directions for creating a women-friendly city based on gender equality."
This was followed by presentations on the results of public facility monitoring and civic awareness surveys by civic participation group leaders, as well as cases of women-friendly city development initiatives in Seongnam City.
The city plans to conduct reviews by relevant departments on the proposed matters and actively reflect them in its women-friendly city development projects.
Mayor Kim Sang-don said, "Going forward, we will establish various gender equality policies that enable all citizens to live in harmony and happiness."
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