Suwon City and Women's Advisory Committee Join Hands to Overcome Low Birth Rate

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon City and the Suwon City Women's Advisory Committee will jointly push forward projects to overcome the low birth rate.

The Suwon City Women's Advisory Committee delivered financial support of 1 million won each to 15 families with newborns and multiple children in the city.

The fund delivery ceremony held at the VIP room of City Hall on the 16th was attended by Lee Jae-jun, Mayor of Suwon Special City, Kim Oe-soon, Chairwoman of the Suwon City Women's Advisory Committee, and families with newborns and multiple children.

The Suwon City Women's Advisory Committee has established a birth encouragement fund of 37.8 million won in December 2023 and is operating low birth rate crisis response projects. Starting with support for families with newborns and multiple children this time, the committee plans to implement low birth rate crisis response projects including the 'Super Daddy Consultation' program that supports fathers on parental leave.

Chairwoman Kim Oe-soon said, "The Suwon City Women's Advisory Committee is deeply interested in social issues" and expressed hope that "the low birth rate crisis response project will help solve the low birth rate problem."

Mayor Lee Jae-jun of Suwon City said, "I am grateful to the Suwon City Women's Advisory Committee for preparing a fund to encourage childbirth" and announced that "Suwon City plans to establish a low birth rate response team to actively address the low birth rate issue."

He continued, "I believe that if Suwon City and women's organizations work together and think deeply about this matter, we can wisely address the low birth rate problem" and expressed hope that "this gathering today can offer small encouragement and comfort to the parents of multi-child families."