SH Corporation Hosts 'Children's Housing Rights Online Film Festival' on World Habitat Day

Participants are engaged in a discussion at the talk concert of the '2021 World Habitat Day Children's Housing Rights Online Film Festival - The Way Home,' hosted by SH Corporation on the 4th.

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Min-young] Seoul Housing and Communities Corporation (SH Corporation) announced on the 5th that it jointly hosted the ‘2021 World Habitat Day Children’s Housing Rights Online Film Festival - The Way Home’ with the Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation and the Seoul Central Housing Welfare Center.

World Habitat Day is a commemorative day established by the UN to raise awareness that housing rights are fundamental human rights and to transform poor housing conditions into better living environments. It is observed annually on the first Monday of October.

SH Corporation and the Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation signed a ‘Memorandum of Understanding for Guaranteeing Children’s Housing Rights in Seoul’ in 2019 and have been conducting various activities to ensure children’s housing rights. Last year, they held a discussion forum and photo exhibition titled ‘The Way Home’ to guarantee children’s housing rights, and this year, as the second event, they held an online film festival and talk concert.

The online film festival screened two works related to children’s housing rights, ‘Rosie’ and ‘Our House,’ through the video platform ‘Vimeo’ after prior registration. After the screenings, a talk concert was held on SH Corporation’s official YouTube channel ‘Cheongsinho TV.’ Professor Song Ah-young from Gachon University hosted the event, and participants included Kang Mi-kyung, Head of the Children’s Rights Division at the Child Rights Protection Agency, Lawyer Kim Do-hee from the Lawyers for a Democratic Society, Senior Reporter Lee Hyun-sook from Hankyoreh21 Seoul&, and Director Lee Chung-ro of Yeongdeungpo Comprehensive Social Welfare Center. They discussed the theme ‘What Does Home Mean to Children?’

Hwang Sang-ha, Acting President of SH Corporation, said, "Through this online film festival, we will reflect together on children’s housing rights and continue to make efforts to resolve child housing poverty issues."

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