Lately, an active move to solve women's issues  is in more rapid progress than at any other time. The voices and activities of women workers at the work places has developed in an active way. Government has declared its good will to carry out a policy for women.

In addition to this last March 19th the Korean Women Workers Association United had a meeting with the 2nd Minister of State Affairs and developed ideas about a scheme for establishing women's policies. This was fol1owed on Mar. 22nd by a talk with the women's department chief of the Labor Ministry and the youth section chief about a plan to  realize sexual equality of the Labor Ministry.

  Korea Women Workers Association United had a discussion about a multilateral plan for solution to women workers matters at the talk.

0n the other hand, the National Women Workers Conference in honor of the 85th anniversary or Mar. 8th Int'l Women's Day had sent to the chief of State Affairs of The Blue House an inquiry regarding the government's course and plan for women workers' policy. A reply to the inquiry was received from the 2nd Ministry of State Affairs

          After receiving the answer, there was a meeting where women workers analyzed the contents of the answer sheet and adjusted their  stance toward the solution of the problems of women workers. In addition it was resolved in the meeting that they would go on with research & study for the formulation of a law or part time workers protection, revision of the law for sexual equality, a plan of national responsibility for the cost of maternity protection, women's' work training and employment quota system. Hopefully the contents of a concrete women workers' policy will be summated within this year. It is also expected that 1993  will be a lively year when solidarity between the white collar and blue collar women workers will become firm.

The Korea Women Workers' Association United held a forum on policy for Day Care Center on the 28th of May. In the forum they evaluated the accomplishments of day care center projects run by Women Workers' Associations, combined with a discussion on how to expand the day care center projects in the future.

It was an opportunity to lay out a scheme to strengthen solidarity with private day care centers and for the enlargement of teachers organization and expansion of parents organizations along with laying out of a policy concerned with day care centers.

About 40 national women workers gathered and participated in the program of organizer training for women leaders two times from March 20 to 21 and from April 1O to 11. Korean Women Workers' Association united opened the training program for vitalizing organizing activity in all the work places. The content or the training was gathered from the experiences of women worker organizing activities in the work place.

Following a lecture the titled 'Basic principles of counseling and proper attitude of counselor'. the case of JOC small group meetings which has carried out lots of organizing the case of Pucheon YMCA women's organization and the case of insurance marketing were presented in the program. There was also interpersona1 relationship training.

To share frank and sincere experience between you' and me' and to do self-realization and to discover haw to live together in harmony. Those present evaluated that the training program was a beneficial course to draw up a versatile scheme for solution to problems which had been faced during organizing activities. They resolved to

At the 'Women's Place of Sharing' of the Incheon Women Workers Association a spring time series of cultural lectures for women workers was instituted. It consisted of beginners class and housewife class, intermediate class having lectures on folk music instruments and clay craft making clocks, mirrors, dolls etc. About 40 women workers attended the lectures.

Those who have learned folk music instruments in the first session, became lecturers and showed their skills to the full. On the other hand, in clay craft class which was taken by the majority of garment workers they were able to display their hand skill abilities to the best. On the basis of their achievements, it is planned to hold an exhibition of what the learners have learned and made in a result of the 1ectures along with a graduation ceremony for bonding mutual friendship.

Machang women workers carried out an education program against wage discrimination and sexual discrimination, etc. as the wage struggle started on April. 23 1993. Twenty workers attended from various companies. It provided an opportunity to recognize the injustice of discriminatory treatment caused by  sexual discrimination. Hereafter through a series of education programs for women workers, the association has a plan not only to broaden the chance for women to recognize their prob1ems systematically but also to give them the   determination to solve their problems of their own accord.

     On the basis of an employment status survey made in Masan Free Export Zone last year, the Masan Changwon Women Workers Association formed a research & study department under the countermeasure conference for employment problems in the area of Masan and Changwon. The department decided to  start to take action. Through their activities, it is expected that this particularly severe prob1em of employment insecurity of women workers will be approached jointly on a broad scale through out the region.

Tyun Tyun Yi study room annexed to the Bucheon Women Workers' Association held a Old Year Out party on Dec. 29.

Eighty children of the study room. parents and teachers had great fun at the party. For only 2 months since it opened on Sept. 26, children and teachers had developed an intimate relationship. They prepared versatile programs such as organ performance, demonstration of Taekweondo(Korean martial arts), writings,  poem reading, beginning with a speech made  by president of the association. Dance performance as the last program of the first part was the peak. In the second part named Together with family' there was a contest of families. It was f1ooded with applications of families on the spot who had not applied in  advance.

Closing the party with greetings to each other and thanks for delicious food, all who attended have pledged themselves to meet the new year, l993 with fresh hope and an exchange of best wishes for the new year.

Kwangjoo Women Workers Association held "A training conference for women working in Kwangjoo, Changwon area to develop a healthy and meaningful life". It was held in the Kwangjoo Moodyungsan Byeolbat children's house.

Fifteen active women working in Mokpo and Kwangjoo area took part in the conference. They heard the main lecture on working women's activity life and its direction ( Han Myung-Hee, the president of Seoul women workers association) and had a serious discussion about the burden of individual problems in today's stagnant situation of the movement They encouraged one another and pledged themselves to live an active life in their work place with a healthy and lively attitude.

On Dec. 26, a Guitar group of the Busan Women Workers' Association gave a performance before their fellow workers and members or the association. The guitar group is composed of blue collar workers and has two classes ; a middle level class, which started from March 1992 and a beginners' class, which began in late October.

    So far they have been having a meeting once a week. In spite of such a short time training, they brought their talent into full play enough for the audience to give them a big hand and to exclaim how great they were

    At present there is a meeting every Thursday WELCOME WHOEVER WANTS TO JOIN THIS CLUB.