Lee Hyun-jae, Mayor of Hanam City, participated in the relay campaign "Respecting Children as They Are, Positive Parenting" for the prevention of child abuse on the 2nd. Lee Hyun-jae, mayor of Hanam City in Gyeonggi Province, participated in the relay campaign for preventing child abuse titled ‘Respecting Children as They Are, Positive Parenting.’
According to Hanam City on the 7th, Mayor Lee joined the relay campaign organized by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Child Rights Protection Agency on the 2nd, after being nominated by Kim Seong-je, mayor of Uiwang City.
This relay campaign was launched to raise awareness about child abuse and to widely promote the concept of positive parenting that respects children as they are. Since May, starting with the first vice minister of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, heads of government offices and public institutions nationwide have been participating.
Mayor Lee stated, “Through this campaign, we hope to improve awareness of child abuse and ask related organizations and citizens to maintain continuous interest so that all children can grow up safely and happily in society,” urging social attention.
The mayor nominated Shin Sang-jin, mayor of Seongnam City, and Kim Byung-soo, mayor of Gimpo City, as the next participants in the relay campaign.
Meanwhile, Hanam City is making various efforts to strengthen the child protection system for preventing child abuse and promoting child rights, including ▲opening the Hanam Child Protection Agency ▲maintaining a 24-hour dedicated child abuse response system with full-time officials ▲investigating children in crisis ▲joint inspections with related organizations ▲child abuse prevention education and campaigns.
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