The 2007 World Women's Peace Forum Gwangju(WWPFG, www.wpf2007.org) is eventually open to seek ways for world peace and the roles of women. The Forum held at the Kimdaejung Convention Center in Gwangju on June 26-28, 2007 is expected to be attended by over 2,000 participants including 200 peace and h

The Steering Committee of the Forum consists of 76 members from all sectors of society.Among the politicians and government officials on the committee are Rep. of The National Assembly Gi-Jung Kang . Dong-Cheol Kim . Tae-Hong Kim . Hyung-Il Yang . Dong-Yun Yum . 1Kei-Kyung Lee . Mi-Kyung Lee . Dong-

The Organizing Committee of APEC-WLN is composed of the Organizing Committee, an Advisory Board, and Nine Working Groups. The Committee members include 86 experts from relevant fields, who have participated in the preparation of the conference and the working group agenda. The Organizing Committee i

2005 APEC 10th Women Leaders' Network Meeting (APEC-WLN) will take place at Daegu's Inter-Burgo Hotel for four days August 24~27. APEC-WLN is a network of influential female leaders from 21 member economies working in government, business, academia and civil society organizations, who are me

Committing themselves to realizing gender equality, 84 members of the National Assembly's forum for gender equality(Co-chaired by Reps. Kim Choon Jin, Lee Kei Kyung, Park Sei Hwan, Lee Eun Young), and heads of women's organizations established sisterhood relationship with each other at the m

Celebrating an equal employment week, an award ceremony of the 5th Equal Employment was held at the Grand Ballroom of the COEX on April 1. Nine businesses and 20 people were awarded prizes for their dedication to equal employment opportunities, maternity protection, support for workplace and home, e

A celebration was called for when the Constitutional Court decided on June 26 that the system of disclosing the identities of criminals involved in youth prostitution was not against the Constitution. On July 15, the Committee for the Protection of Youths held a meeting in the international conferen

WAW (Women Against War), the organization gathering voices of Korean women opposed to war, has expanded its organization and gotten its campaign in full swing.Besides organizing women to send out the anti-war message from the viewpoint of women and the socially marginalized in Korea, the launching o

Voices condemning Japan's distortion of history in its textbooks rang out simultaneously on June 12 from 51 countries and 125 cities in Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania and America.The international campaign to correct Japanese history textbooks is made up of 114 civic groups including the Korean F

A women's sub-committee has been formed under the Committee of Lay Apostles, one of the 16 committees within the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea. As the first of its kind within the Korean Catholic Church, the women's subcommittee is expected to play a leading role in enhancing the