Training 'After-School Instructors' and 'Multicultural Psychological Counselors' for Marriage Immigrant Women in Gwangjin-gu

Promoting Social and Economic Independence of Multicultural Families

Images of marriage immigrant women in Gwangjin-gu attending psychological counselor training courses

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gwangjin-gu (District Mayor Kim Seon-gap) is operating various capacity-building and job projects for marriage immigrant women to improve awareness of multicultural families and support their economic independence.

First, the district runs the ‘Bukjeok Bukjeok Mind Filling Project,’ which trains marriage immigrant women as multicultural psychological counselors.

This project, promoted as part of the multicultural family capacity-building support project, was established to provide marriage immigrant women with various psychological counseling education to develop the ability to support the adaptation of immigrant women in similar situations to Korean society and resolve conflict issues.

The multicultural psychological counselor training will be conducted by the Saehan Nuri Association until the end of this year. Alongside this, the ‘Our Mind Todak Todak Program,’ which helps marriage immigrant women learn Korean expressions through fairy tale books and supports psychological and emotional healing and child-rearing, will also be operated.

In addition, as part of the Seoul-type New Deal Job Project, the district is promoting the ‘Immigrant Women After-School Instructor’ project, which hires university graduate marriage immigrant women as after-school instructors at local children’s centers.

The five immigrant women hired as after-school instructors in the region completed a total of 40 hours of workplace training related to their duties, including the role of after-school teachers, children’s daily life, and administrative guidance before starting their activities.

They are assigned to each local children’s center and support ▲attendance confirmation and care for after-school children ▲activities to improve multicultural awareness ▲promotion of their birth country’s culture and language education support, and will continue their activities until the end of this year.

District Mayor Kim Seon-gap said, “These projects were prepared to help marriage immigrant women adapt stably to the local community and narrow cultural and psychological differences,” adding, “We will continue to prepare various policies so that marriage immigrant women can freely engage in social and economic activities.”