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Yoon calls for road map to abolish gender ministry

President Yoon Suk-yeol meets with Minister of Gender Equality and Family Kim Hyun-sook at the presidential office in Yongsan, central Seoul, Monday. [YONHAP]

President Yoon Suk-yeol meets with Minister of Gender Equality and Family Kim Hyun-sook at the presidential office in Yongsan, central Seoul, Monday. [YONHAP]

 
President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered on Monday the preparation of a roadmap to realize his campaign promise to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.
 
The presidential order was made during a meeting with the Minister of Gender Equality and Family Kim Hyun-sook on Monday. The meeting began at 3 p.m. and lasted for two hours. Presidential spokesperson Kang In-sun announced the order after the meeting during a press briefing at the presidential office in Yongsan, central Seoul.
 
Yoon also ordered expanded support for vulnerable groups such as single-parent families in the current difficult economy. He also instructed active responses to changes in the family structure of Korean society, such as the increase in single-person households and elderly households.
 
Yoon requested cooperation with relevant ministries to ensure full protection for victims of sexual harassment, sexual assault, stalking, domestic violence and school violence.
 
“Finally, the president ordered a comprehensive review of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family and the drawing up of a roadmap for the abolition of the ministry,” Kang said during the briefing.
 
“In regard to the abolition of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, we within the ministry were taking time to discuss the abolition by creating a strategic team and holding meetings with experts,” said Kim. 
 
“But I understood the president’s orders as direction to come up with a roadmap as soon as possible.”
 

BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]
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