Osan Saemaul Women's Association Holds Multicultural Settlement Leader Training

The Osan Saemaul Women's Association (President Yu Hye-sook) is conducting multicultural settlement leader training for two days starting on the 12th at a convention wedding hall in the city to support the social adaptation of foreign residents.

The training, organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security and hosted by the Osan branch of the Saemaul Movement, was designed to provide information to foreign residents, particularly multicultural marriage migrant women, so they do not feel alienated in Korean society while performing active roles in their families and local communities, and to inform Saemaul Women's Association leaders who will serve as mentors to multicultural migrant women about their proper roles.

The training was attended by approximately 100 participants, including Women's Association leaders who will serve as mentors to migrant women and foreign residents, multicultural marriage migrant families, and North Korean defector mentees.

The training consisted of understanding traditional Korean family relationships based on emotional bonds, understanding Korean home education and multicultural children's education, and the roles and leadership of mentors (Women's Association leaders).

Osan Mayor Gwak Sang-wook, who attended the training, said, "Multicultural families are our neighbors with whom we live together," adding, "I hope this multicultural settlement leader training will serve as an opportunity to specialize policies for multicultural families and reaffirm the recognition that multicultural families are neighbors like us."

An official with the Osan Saemaul Women's Association said, "We hope that through mentor-mentee partnerships between Saemaul Women's Association leaders and multicultural families, including migrant women, members of multicultural families will settle more stably in their local communities."