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Annual review of KWWAU's Activities and News
- Establishment of the Action Center for Women's Unemployment and announcement of the job seekers' registration campaign
 A Job seekers' Registration Campaign was carried out by the Masan & Changwon Women Workers Association on November 4, 1998
The Action Center for Women's Unemployment affiliated with the KWWAU and its regional offices in Seoul, Inchon, Kwangju, Pusan and Ansan launched their activities on June 9, 1998. Other regional offices in Masan & Changwon and the North Cholla province started activities in September and the office in Puchon started in December.
The job seekers' registration campaign has been conducted once every month, since its announcement on June 9, 1998. It started in Masan & Changwon since September. The campaign is demands that the government establishes active policies for unemployed women and promotes women's awareness of the necessity of being registered as job seekers with employment offices.
- Counseling and Training
 A Meeting Day with Job-seekers in the Inchon Women Workers Association was held on September 12, 1998
The headquarters of the Action Center for Women's Unemployment and its 4 regional offices (Inchon, Kwangju, Pusan and Ansan) held 37 times Meeting Days with Job-seekers. The total number of women were participated was 1,588.
 Counselors' training to help unemployed women by the Masan& Changwon Women Workers Association on October 30, 1998.
Counselors' training and re-training programs (4 times organized by KWWAU, once by its offices in Inchon and Masan & Changwon, and twice in Pusan)
- Livelihood Assistance
The Korea Women's Associations United(KWAU) held a meeting: "Surviving Winter for Unemployed Women Householders". The headquarters of the Action Center for Women's Unemployment and its regional offices (Seoul, Inchon, Kwangju, Masan & Changwon, Pusan and Ansan) conducted the activity. A total number of 2,258 women benefited from this program.
Medical assistance was carried out in support of 4 progressive medical practitioners' organizations. The activity was performed by the headquarters and its 7 regional offices (Seoul, Inchon, Kwangju, Masan & Changwon, Pusan, Ansan & North Cholla province) in conjunction with the KCTU and the FKTU. By late November 559 physicians' organizations across the nation joined the project.
- Self-sustainability and Creating Job Opportunities
 Hairdressers' class by the Pusan Women's Association
A total number of 209 women participated in 9 job training courses for unemployed women at regional offices in Seoul and Pusan, a total number of 186 women participated in 9 job training courses for unemployed women in Ansan and Pusan, a total number of 15 women participated in 2 job training courses for re-employment in Pusan.
- Celebration with Unemployed Women
Sharing with unemployed women
End-of-year party by the Inchon Women Workers Association on December 12, 1998
- Research and policy-making programs
The KWWAU undertook a variety of studies of women's unemployment situations and their countermeasures. Seven (7) workshops were organized and their research reports were published.
 workshop on unemployed women's situation in the North Cholla province and Its countermeasures was conducted by the North Cholla Women Workers Association on September 3, 1998.
- Organizing rallies for job security for women workers and calling for measures helping unemployed women
 The KWWAU organized rallies in front of the headquarters of the ruling party once a month between July and December calling for job security for women workers and calling for measures for unemployed women. They were jointly organized with the KCTU, FKTU and Universities'Coalition for Obtaining Women's Rights to Work. Members of 3 regional offices of the KWWAU in Seoul, Inchon and Ansan joined the rallies.
- the 'Kuro Working Women's House' was opened
On November 27, 1998 a vocational training center, 'Kuro Working Women's House' authorized by the Ministry of Labor was opened by the Seoul Women Workers Association with encouragements by the people involved. The organization will develop current existing job training programs into a wider variety of practical programs to help women undertake economic activities. The Kuro Working Women's House is planning to provide free job training, cooking classes, classes for nursing assistants after the baby delivery, baby sittering classes, and telemarkerters' classes.
- Puchon Women Workers Association re-started its activities
The Puchon Women Workers Association (PWWA) was established in 1988 and carried out strong activities for women workers and trade unions. It stopped in 1996. However, in October 1998 the organization restarted its activities concentrated especially on activities of the Equal Rights Counseling Center and Action Center for Women's Unemployment.
Its representative is Park Tae-Yon, and other staff members are Lee Jung-hee and Choi Young-mi. Its opening ceremony will be held in January, 1999. The PWWA will seek to improve the rights and status of women workers and to obtain a welfare system for women. Please send them with your encouragements.
Korea Working Women's Network 1999 |