Submit photos and essays on the theme "Changing Unequal Daily Life" and policy ideas on "Women-Friendly Projects"... Judging results announced in November... Top prize winners receive 500,000 KRW award
Kim Young-jong, District Mayor, giving a greeting at the 'Gender Talk Concert' held last year to promote a culture of gender equality
[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Jongno-gu (District Mayor Kim Young-jong) is holding the “Together Creating a Women-Friendly City Jongno” contest until October 18 to foster a community where everyone enjoys an equal daily life.
This contest aims to discover cases of inequality improvement in daily life to contribute to the spread of a gender-equal culture and to promote women-friendly projects that can be felt in everyday life. Anyone can apply regardless of region, age, or nationality. The contest themes are ▲Changing Unequal Daily Life (photos and essays) and ▲Women-Friendly Idea Projects.
First, for “Changing Unequal Daily Life,” participants can submit photos or essays demonstrating gender equality practices. Examples include cases practiced at home to improve unequal language, sharing childcare responsibilities, mutual care within the family, men’s participation in childcare, efforts to overcome sexist or hateful expressions, and other practical cases.
For “Policy and Project Ideas,” submissions can include ideas for creating a work-family balance environment where parents can work after having children, ways to promote paternity leave, ideas for building gender-equal family and school communities, and projects to prevent violence and crime against women and children.
Required documents include an application form, consent form for personal information collection and use, confirmation of guidelines, and copyright agreement. Forms can be downloaded from the district office website.
Applications can be submitted via email to the person in charge (pandasun@mail.jongno.go.kr), through the district office website (General Civil Affairs → Civil Application → Integrated Application), or by mail (4th floor, Women and Family Division, Women-Friendly Contest Manager, Jongno-gu Office Main Building, 43 Sambong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul).
The results will be announced on the district office website in November and individual notifications will be sent to winners. Essays and photos will be evaluated comprehensively based on relevance to the theme, originality, and artistic quality, while policy ideas will be judged on feasibility, creativity, and effectiveness.
The district plans to award up to 500,000 KRW to one winner each in the photo, essay, and idea project categories as the grand prize. Additionally, excellent, encouragement, and winning prizes will be awarded with corresponding prize money.
For more details, please refer to the “Women-Friendly City Jongno Contest” announcement on the district office website or contact the Women-Friendly City Team of the Women and Family Division at the district office.
District Mayor Kim Young-jong stated, “We aim to discover cases of inequality improvement experienced in daily life and ideas for creating a work-family balance environment to promote women-friendly policies that can be felt in everyday life, taking a step forward toward a women-friendly city Jongno. We encourage many interested people to participate.” He added, “Winning works will be produced as exhibitions or promotional materials or promoted as excellent proposed projects.”
At the end of 2018, Jongno-gu enacted the Ordinance on the Creation of a Women-Friendly City to establish an institutional foundation, and on January 1, 2019, established the dedicated Women-Friendly City Team within the Women and Family Division. The district is continuously integrating the concept of women-friendliness throughout its administration and promoting related projects.
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