Peace Plaza of Olympic Park located in Songpa-gu, Seoul was filled with red waves of 3,000 volunteers in Santa costume. Marking its 8th anniversary this year, the Santa Sports Up Festival is a family sports event that has been donating part of its proceeds to aspiring youth athletes of unpopular spo

“Women are behind Norway’s prosperity.”Norway’s former Prime Minister, Brundtland, who is also known as Norway’s “mother” for setting the foundation for gender-equal cabinet, confidently stated that women are a key factor when it comes to sustainable development.“An IMF report states that if the num

‘Ice Queen’ Yu-na Kim(23) became the champion of her first event of the season, “2013 Golden Spin of Zagreb” on December 8, with a total score of 204.49, combining 73.37 in the short program and 131.12 at free skating. Miki Ando (Japan, 176.82), who has also been recording high scores after giving b

"How dare, you woman!" No one would imagine saying such a thing now, but you could commonly hear it in 1980s. Innocent women could easily become guilty just because they were women. In 1988, in order to overcome gender discrimination and establish true democracy, 1,000 shareholders gathered and crea

"Illustrator," not "mountaineer," reads the business card of Kim Yeong-mi (32, Outdoors) who recently came back from successfully conquering Amphu 1 (6840m) of the Himalayas, Nepal. A cartoon illustration of a woman with a big smile on her face drawing comfortably in her sleeping bag on top of a mou

Nearly 30,000 job seekers visited the 2013 Part-time Job Fair featuring Korea’s 10 major conglomerates held on November 26 at COEX, Samsung-dong, Seoul. President Park Geun-hye paid a visit to the fair, a proof that the promotion of part-time jobs with flexible working hours is the highest priority

November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. More than 3 decades have passed since it was first designated in 1981, but still 1 in 3 women and girls experience violence in their lifetime. To mark the start of 16 days of action, the UN declared its strong will t

More than ever before, there are high expectations for the appointment of a female prosecutor to a high-level position in the upcoming staff reshuffling. After the appointment of the first female Minister of Justice in 2003, the first female Supreme Court justice and the first Justice of the Constit

SwedenGovernment initiating programs to nurture entrepreneurship in womenRole models visiting schools shows effectSupporting startups through loan and consulting programs KoreaWomen-led startups to increase in IT sector thanks to SNSPrimary task is to find role models in various fieldsNeed for train

Amid a series of rulings ordering compensation to forced laborers under Japan’s colonial rule, dozens of documents listing forced laborers were newly found, offering a turning point.The National Archive announced on November 17 that 67 volumes containing lists of victims from Japan’s colonial rule w

Women are struggling between “workplaces where working overtime is taken for granted” and “unreliable day-care centers.” Working moms, who are burdened with both work and child rearing, have to go to a second workplace, home, after work, while full-time mothers who has to take complete responsibilit

UNESCO(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Director-General Irina Bokova has been appointed to a second term as the head of UNESCO at the UNESCO’s general conference held on the 12th in Paris, France. Director-General Bokova, who was elected with majority of the support

Sequester carbon and secure food resources for the village by teaching South African women to plant trees. Train Ghana women to make bamboo bicycles to reap double-barreled climate benefits: protect the environment and create jobs by promoting eco-friendly transportation sector. Protect the forests

“Whenever my dad didn’t feel good or had something that didn’t suit him, he would punch my mom with his fist. My mom was defenseless, without a chance to stop the beating and kicking. Once when I was in middle school, my dad pounded my mom on her head with an electric screwdriver, making her bleed f

Family is, or should be, the safest place in the world for a child. However, more and more children are abused and even lose their lives by their family members these days, which prompted many to call for an improvement on laws and regulations against child abuse. The general public's opinion is

“I am thrilled. I don’t know how to describe this, but it’s almost like I’m floating on air. I hope to finish up this issue as quickly as possible, but I’m worried about our health considering our age. If they (Mitsubishi) file an appeal, we will push this matter through. Students encourage us sayin

The Women’s News (WN) launched a 9-parted forum on ‘Gender Equal Countries’ this April in order to observe Korea’s status quo in terms of gender equality and to draw a blueprint to make our society more gender equal. The forum covered all aspects of our society including labor, education, culture, e

Kang Chang-hee, speaker of Korea's National Assembly, submitted the bill on the 4th to establish 'Equal Pay Day' on behalf of many fellow assemblymen based on the meeting result of the Consultative Committee on Future Vision for Women and Children.As encouraging more women to enter the w

Every year, during last week of February and the first week of March, UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, organizes Commission on the Status of Women held at United Nations Headquarters in New York, United States. During these two weeks, the Headquar

Working mothers are miserable. Women and Culture In Network calculated the misery index of working mothers based on data from a survey funded by Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. The misery index reached 3.33, 0.29 increase from the previous year’s reading of 3.04. This result shows how work-l