Promoting Customized Education in Cooperation with Related Agencies Until December
Fostering a Culture of Respect for Children's Rights and Sharing the Values of a Child-Friendly City
Launching the "Child Mental Health Promotion Project" for Elementary Students This Year
Supporting Emotional Stability and Identifying High-Risk Groups
Gwanak-gu (District Mayor Park Junhee) is promoting child rights education for various members of the local community to enhance the value of children's rights and realize the creation of a UNICEF Child-Friendly City.
The purpose is to share the basic values of child rights and a child-friendly city within the community, so that children can correctly understand their rights and grow into mature holders of those rights.
The district is conducting customized child rights education until December in cooperation with Good Neighbors, the Gwanak-gu Childcare Support Center, and the Gwanak-gu Youth Counseling and Welfare Center, in order to spread a culture of respect for children's human rights and create a city where children can be happy.
For children in daycare centers and kindergartens, Good Neighbors will dispatch instructors to these facilities to provide education on topics such as child rights advocacy and mutual respect.
For elementary, middle, and high school students, as well as out-of-school youth, the Gwanak-gu Youth Counseling and Welfare Center will provide education aimed at improving respect for life and relationships, including school violence and suicide prevention, social skills development, and emotional regulation.
In addition, for parents and caregivers, the Gwanak-gu Childcare Support Center will provide education throughout the year on respecting children's rights and preventing child abuse.
Furthermore, for child facility workers, local residents, and public officials from related agencies such as fire stations and police stations, nonprofit organizations will simultaneously provide both online and offline education on understanding children's rights and the values of a child-friendly city.
In particular, this year, the district has newly launched the "Child Mental Health Promotion Project," a psychological and emotional education program designed to help elementary school students get along with their peer groups.
Experts visit educational sites and use emotion thermometers to teach children how to understand emotions, regulate their minds, and learn about physical responses to feelings such as anxiety, tension, and comfort.
Through this, the district not only supports children's emotional stability and healthy psychological development, but also identifies and manages children at high psychological and emotional risk.
Last year, the district entered the second phase as a child-friendly city after receiving the UNICEF "Advanced Level Child-Friendly City Certification."
The district has newly launched and is operating a "Child Policy Participation Group" to strengthen children's participation in policy, and will carry out policy proposal activities together with the independent institution "Ombudsperson (Child Rights Representative)" for the relief of children's rights.
In this way, the district plans to continue striving to make Gwanak a city where every child is happy, through various projects and education programs that guarantee children's right to participation.
Park Junhee, Mayor of Gwanak-gu, stated, "Through this education, I hope there will be a shift in perception so that children are recognized not as objects of protection, but as independent individuals, and that a culture of respecting children will spread widely," adding, "We will continue to expand various educational programs to promote children's rights in the future."
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