President Moon Jae-in speaks during a cabinet meeting held at the Cheong Wa Dae Women’s House on the 8th. news
“The next government may come up with a new concept for the role, name, and form of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, but no matter how it is decided, each task managed by the Ministry of Leisure is very important and needs to be further developed.”
President Moon Jae-in said at a cabinet meeting presided over at the Blue House on the 8th, saying, “I hope that discussions related to the leisure department will proceed in a constructive direction.” On the occasion of International Women’s Day, I received a report on ‘the achievements and future tasks of the leisure department’ from Minister of Leisure Jeong Young-ae. In fact, it is read that it was aimed at the promise of ‘abolition of the leisure ministry’ by Yoon Seok-yeol, the People’s Power presidential candidate. This is the first time President Moon has expressed an opinion in this regard since the People’s Power publicly debated the abolition of the Ministry of Leisure.
President Moon said, “In this presidential election, related promises from the reorganization of the name and function of the leisure department to its abolition are a hot topic. got lucky
President Moon explained step by step that the Kim Dae-jung administration launched the Ministry of Gender Equality, the predecessor of the Ministry of Leisure, and that the Roh Moo-hyun administration strengthened the status and role of the Ministry of Leisure by including family and childcare work. “The Lee Myung-bak administration initially promoted the abolition of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, but following many twists and turns, it transferred the youth policy to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family,” he explained. Regardless of the camp, both progressive and conservative governments emphasized the purpose of strengthening the role of the leisure ministry.
He also refuted the perception of the abolitionist of the Ministry of Leisure as an ‘organization for women only’. President Moon pointed out, “The budget for the Ministry of Leisure is 1.46 trillion won this year, which is only 0.24% of the total budget of the government.”
He also mentioned the responsibility of the Ministry of Recreation for the growing misunderstanding regarding the Ministry of Leisure due to the amplification of gender conflict. However, it is President Moon’s belief that many policy achievements have been made over the past 20 years and that it needs to be further developed. President Moon emphasized, “The trend of the times and global trend is that the work of the Ministry of Leisure, such as women’s policy, family policy, youth policy, and protection from sexual and domestic violence, is becoming more important in modern society.”
On the other hand, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, Candidate Yoon recalled the previous promises related to women, such as ‘abolition of the Ministry of Leisure’. On the same day, on Facebook, he re-uploaded the gender pledge he had presented as a ‘one line of promises’, such as ‘Strengthen punishment for sexual crimes, strengthen punishment for false accusations’, ‘Abolition of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family’, and ‘Declare war on sex crimes in Korea where women are safe’.
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