[3rd KEN Workshop] Celebrating Women’s Day: Views from Korea and the EU on past achievements, present challenges and future held on 8 March, 2021

Theme

Celebrating Women’s Day: Views from Korea and the EU on past achievements, present challenges and future

Time / Date

March 8, 2021 / 9am - 11am Brussels Time, CET / 5pm - 7pm KST, 120 mins Venue: Online via Zoom, prior RSVP required (visit https://www.kencso.org/event to register)

​* Zoom link to join the workshop via online will be sent 1 hour before the workshop to those who registered

** Simultaneous translation will be provided for English and Korean.

Co-Hosts

Korea-European Union Civil Society Network (KEN), Gender Equality Training Platform 'Hyojea' (GET-P)

Agenda​

5:00 pm – 5:05 pm: Opening Remarks (Maria Castillo-Fernandez, Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Korea

5:05 pm – 5:15 pm: Keynote by Y.S. Cho (Youngsook Cho, Ambassador for Gender Equality of the Republic of Korea)

5:15 pm – 5:30 pm : Introduction of the speakers and organizations (Moderator : Haelim Cho)

5:30 pm – 6:20 pm : Roundtable discussion (Panelists : Myoung Ryoon Hwang Geum, Seung-hee Seo, Nicholas Spetsidis, Gea Meijers)

6:20 pm – 6:40 pm : Questions from the audience

6:50 pm – : Wrap up *The above may change without prior notice.

Panelists

Youngsook Cho, Ambassador for Gender Equality of the Republic of Korea and Chair of International Solidarity Center of the Korea Women's Associations United (KWAU)

Myoung Ryoon Hwang Geum (penname: Goldie), Executive Director of Gender Equality Training Platform 'Hyojea' (GET-P)

Seung-hee Seo, A feminism reboot generation activist who founded the Korea Cyber Sexual Violence Response Center

Nicholas Spetsidis, Project Coordinator at the Union of Women Association of Heraklion, Greece

Gea Meijers, WIDE+’s coordinator and board member with a special focus on the interrelations between EU trade policy and economic gender discrimination

Workshop VOD: https://youtu.be/_SXjqUkeAPE