On 8 March 2024, the UN Women Centre of Excellence for Gender Equality in the Republic of Korea (the Centre) convened its second International Women's Day celebration at Hotel Westin Josun in Seoul, marking a significant gathering of over 200 participants from the Government, diplomatic community, private sector, and academic and research institutions. The event aimed to highlight and discuss the critical imperative of investing in women and girls, affirming unwavering support for UN Women's mission.
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Speaker bio:
In 1980s, she engaged in various women’s empowerment movement organizations such as the Youth League within the Korean League of Women Voters, the Korean Women’s Hot-line, and The Women’s News. In 1989, she serves as an aide to the late National Assembly member Park Young-sook in the 13th National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, assisting in legislative activities such as family law revision and childcare law. In 1994, after participating in the ‘East Asian Women’s Forum,’ she returned to the women’s movement field and was appointed as the standing vice president of Korea Women’s Hot-Line. Alongside this, she was appointed as the Secretary-General of the ‘Korean Women’s NGO Committee’ formed for the preparation of the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. Since her appointment as the Coordination Officer of the Special Committee on Women, overseeing private organizations, international cooperations, and the Women’s Development Fund during President Kim Dae-jung administration in 1998, she has been involved in the formulation of women’s policies throughout Kim Dae-jung's tenure, serving as the Policy Coordination Officer, Director of the Discrimination Improvement Division at the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, and Women’s Policy Secretary at the Presidential Secretariat.