Yangju City Conducts Second Half Year 4 Major Violence Prevention Training for Public Officials

Yangju City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Kang Su-hyun) announced on the 19th that it conducted a prevention education session on the four major types of violence for over 350 public officials at the Gyeonggi Textile Comprehensive Support Center auditorium on the 18th.

Yangju City conducted education on the prevention of the four major types of violence for about 350 public officials on the 18th at the Gyeonggi Textile Comprehensive Support Center auditorium. Photo by Yangju City

This education session was an integrated prevention program covering the four major types of violence?sexual harassment, sexual violence, prostitution, and domestic violence?as well as stalking and dating violence. It was organized to promote a culture of gender equality within the public sector and to foster a healthy organizational environment, following a similar session held in the first half of the year.

Lecturer Lee Jeong-eun, who serves as the Gender Equality Ombudsman at the Gyeonggi Provincial Government, conducted the lecture focusing on various real cases that occurred in public institutions, enabling public officials to gain a more concrete understanding of the issues they may realistically face.

She emphasized the importance of considering the victim’s perspective when viewing incidents and explained that responses should be based on empathy and understanding of the psychological and social pain experienced by victims. She pointed out that the essence of secondary harm stems from organizational indifference, evasion of responsibility, and a culture of blaming the victim, stressing that public officials must take the lead at the organizational level to prevent recurrence of secondary harm.

The employees who attended the training found it to be an opportunity to gain a more multidimensional understanding of the four major violence issues through practical cases and a victim-centered approach.

A city official stated, “This education served as an opportunity to instill in public officials the importance of viewing problems from the victim’s perspective and a sense of responsibility to prevent secondary harm,” adding, “We will continue to support public officials so that they can become agents of violence prevention and the realization of gender equality.”