Seoul Project: Women Friendly City
| WOMEN FRIENDLY CITY - SEOUL PROJECT | | | |
Awarded practice by U.N. for develop of social integration in the city Seoul ( Republic of Korea) |
WOMEN FRIENDLY CITY - SEOUL PROJECT
INTRODUCTION
“Women Friendly City” (WFC) is a plan designed with the aim of enhances gender equality in the society of Seoul (Republic of Korea). This practice had been awarded by United Nations as a winner of the contest in 2010, because it presents a very innovative way for overcome the discrimination against women, and promotes social integration.
WFC is the first project created by the local government of Korea in order to integrate the perspectives of the women into urban policy- making. This project is composed o a variety of subprojects designed to undertake the historical causes of discomfort an unpleasantness that women experiment in their urban life.
This plan takes in consideration a number of aspects like work, culture, health, transport, and education which ensure and improve the participation of the women in the decision – making process. Specifically, these aspects had been materialized by customized childcare centers, job searching programs for housewives, women friendly restrooms, women safe parks, to name only few.
In the same way, is interesting the conception that Seoul’s project attribute to the women: “The word “women” refers to the women as a heterogeneous group with diverse identities”. Highlighting; that among women as among men, there are different qualities: race, class, nationality, sexual orientation, age and some more. But even if they are so different, most of the women share common roles in society as caregivers, mothers, householders and workers. So WFC pretends facilitate these quotidian tasks, creating free time for a new role: policy makers.
This paper introduces you to the programs and plans that WFC had adopted from 2007 in order to eliminated the social inequality in Seoul, the capital Republic of Korea. Taking in
Awarded practice by U.N. for develop of social integration in the city Seoul ( Republic of Korea) |
WOMEN FRIENDLY CITY - SEOUL PROJECT
INTRODUCTION
“Women Friendly City” (WFC) is a plan designed with the aim of enhances gender equality in the society of Seoul (Republic of Korea). This practice had been awarded by United Nations as a winner of the contest in 2010, because it presents a very innovative way for overcome the discrimination against women, and promotes social integration.
WFC is the first project created by the local government of Korea in order to integrate the perspectives of the women into urban policy- making. This project is composed o a variety of subprojects designed to undertake the historical causes of discomfort an unpleasantness that women experiment in their urban life.
This plan takes in consideration a number of aspects like work, culture, health, transport, and education which ensure and improve the participation of the women in the decision – making process. Specifically, these aspects had been materialized by customized childcare centers, job searching programs for housewives, women friendly restrooms, women safe parks, to name only few.
In the same way, is interesting the conception that Seoul’s project attribute to the women: “The word “women” refers to the women as a heterogeneous group with diverse identities”. Highlighting; that among women as among men, there are different qualities: race, class, nationality, sexual orientation, age and some more. But even if they are so different, most of the women share common roles in society as caregivers, mothers, householders and workers. So WFC pretends facilitate these quotidian tasks, creating free time for a new role: policy makers.
This paper introduces you to the programs and plans that WFC had adopted from 2007 in order to eliminated the social inequality in Seoul, the capital Republic of Korea. Taking in