Seoul YWCA

Fostering professional pet manager                   Yeongdeungpo Women Resources Development Center is running a professional pet manager consultant class from September. Now 19 members are learning the contents and they practiced at the Pet Culture Center in Yangjae-dong. When they graduate in November 9th, Yeongdeungpo Women Center provide job-seeking consulting.      Youth rights festival                           Seongdong Youth Center Youth Committee named Making Beautiful World, participated '2017 Youth Rights Festival' to run a campaign booth. They made a contribution to increase youth labor rights by addressing unfair labor issues on young people when they do a part time job.      

Seoul YWCA hosted a gala dinner on the beautiful fall evening, November 2nd for fundraising. Dorothea, a crossover band opened the event with violin, oboe, gayageom(Korean traditional string instrument).   General Secretary  Ms.Sunhee Yang presented the values Seoul YWCA is pursuing, for example, Y+=Empowering girls through entrepreneurship education. W+=Projects that strengthening disadvantaged women's ability. S+= Accelerating women's citizenship movement.   Seoul YWCA is going to spend the supporters' grateful funds on the projects make a positive difference in the world and asked all the participants in the gala dinner to be the Peace Bridges. Around 120 people joined the dinner and had a wonderful night with valuable speeches and networking. Seoul YWCA is really thankful for the supporters.

  Christian Gender Equality Study Group   October 25th Women's Movement Department hosted Christian Gender Equality Study session. Professor Beak So Young(Ewha Women's University, Christianity Department) was invited to talk about Gender Equality based on Christianity. Seoul YWCA's committee members and staffs participated in this study group. This study group will play an important role to advance Seoul YWCA's women's movement campaigns.     Creating Community Hero Nowon Women Resources Dvelopment Center ran 12 sessions of 'Creating Community Hero' class from September to October. 20 community members joined this class and they learned social entrepreneurship to solve the issues in their community.