[KS] Upcoming Event | Feminism after the 2022 Presidential Election in Korea | Wednesday, April 13 at 10:00 AM (EDT)

[Laam Hae]

Hi all,
Please see the info below for this important event tomorrow morning (April 13, Weds at 10:00 EDT). A registration is required.
Cheers,
Laam
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Feminism after the 2022 Presidential Election in Korea

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 @ 10AM - 12PM EDT
*Please register in advance: bit.ly/presidential2022<https://bit.ly/presidential2022>

Event Description
On March 9, 2022, candidate Yoon Seok-yeol of the People Power Party, who showed a lack of understanding of feminism and pledged to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, was elected as Korea’s 20th president. Due to his ignorance of feminist issues and conservative views on labour, disability, migration, sexual minorities, peace, and climate agendas, Korean society is likely to witness setbacks in democracy and human rights. The meaning of this election must be considered not only in light of the People Power Party and its candidate Yoon Seok-yeol, but also in light of the changes in Korea's political and social topography and the impact of the political changes in 2017, following the election of President Moon. In this lecture, Na Young explores the current state of gender policies and the feminist movement in Korea as well as the sociopolitical landscape and policy changes that began in 1997, along with the direction of the feminist movement in Korea after 2022.


2022년 3월 9일, 여성가족부 폐지를 공약으로 내걸고 페미니즘에 대한 몰이해를 드러낸 국민의힘 정당의 윤석열 후보가 제20대 대통령으로 당선되었다. 그는 페미니즘에 대한 인식 뿐만 아니라 노동, 장애, 이주, 성소수자, 평화, 기후 의제에 관한 부분에서도 심각한 무지와 보수적 입장을

드러내어 향후 사회 전반에서 민주주의와 인권의 큰 후퇴가 예상된다. 한편 이번 대통령 선거는 국민의힘과 윤석열 후보뿐만 아니라 한국의 정치적, 사회적 지형의 변화와 2017년 정치 권력 교체 이후의 영향 속에서 같이 그 의미를 평가해 볼 필요가 있다. 이 강연에서는 1997년을 기점으로

한국 사회 정치 지형과 의제 변화, 한국의 젠더 정책과 페미니즘 운동의 흐름을 같이 살펴보고 2022년 이후 한국의 페미니즘 운동이 모색해 나가야 할 방향에 대해 이야기해 보고자 한다.


SPEAKER | NA YOUNG
Chair of SHARE center for Sexual rigHts And Reproductive JusticE
Na Young is an activist of South Korea. She is co-founder of SHARE center for Sexual rigHts And Reproductive JusticE. She worked for the Cultural Action and the Network for Glocal Activism and struggled for the decriminalization of abortion since 2010 when the abortion issue emerged as social agenda in South Korea. She launched the Joint Action for Reproductive Justice in 2017 and founded SHARE center for Sexual rigHts And Reproductive JusticE in 2019 with other activists, lawyers, doctors, and researchers. She contributed the paper “The Role of Reproductive Justice Movements in Challenging South Korea’s Abortion Ban” to the Health and Human Rights Journal in 2019 with Sunhye Kim and Yurim Lee. Her main interests are in SRHS (Sexual and Reproductive Health and Right), queer activism, and glocal activism.


This virtual event is presented by the Korean Office for Research and Education (KORE), which is funded by the Academy of Korean Studies.

This lecture is in Korean, but the live transcript will be available during the zoom meeting. This is a free event, but the registration is required. Upon registration, you will receive the zoom link.

For more information: kore at yorku.ca<mailto:kore at yorku.ca> || https://kore.info.yorku.ca/calendar/


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