22nd Suwon Women Leaders Academy Completion Ceremony...41 Graduates

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Special City held a completion ceremony for the ‘22nd Suwon Women Leaders Academy’ at Ajou University on the 17th, awarding completion certificates to 41 graduates.

Established in 2004, the Suwon Women Leaders Academy is a women talent development program run by Ajou University’s Global Future Education Institute. The curriculum is composed of lectures designed to strengthen women’s leadership and capabilities and uncover potential, with experts from various fields serving as instructors.

The 22nd Women Leaders Academy began on April 17 and held 14 sessions every Thursday. The lecture topics included △Leadership for Future Society, How Women Leaders Live in the Future △The Soft Power of Women Leaders Shaping the World △Leadership Communication Skills △Field Trip to Suwon Cultural Heritage Sites, and others.

The completion ceremony was attended by graduates, Kim Eun-ju, Director of Suwon City’s Women and Family Affairs Bureau, Kim Su-min, President of the Suwon Women Leaders Association, and Kim Young-mi, Senior Professor of Suwon Women Leaders Academy, among others.

The Suwon Women Leaders Academy has produced 1,240 graduates to date, and the graduates are actively working as women leaders leading the local community in roles such as provincial and city council members, members of women’s organizations, and volunteer activists.

The ‘Suwon Women Leaders Association,’ composed of academy graduates, has been practicing sharing through various activities including supporting single-parent families, donations to the Suwon Scholarship Foundation, distributing items to low-income families, kimchi-making volunteer services for the underprivileged, and blood donation campaigns since its launch in 2004.