Inchon Women Workers' Association
TEL: 032 - 862-2832 Fax: 032 - 863-2659
www.womenworker.org
Sharing House for working women opening in 1988 changed into IWWA in 1989 and IWWA has worked to realize the human rights of women workers since.
Her Activities
1) Policy development for raising women's status
- policy suggestions and amendment bills of women related laws for expansion of women's employment and job training, public discussion for equal rights to work, job security, expansion of maternity protection, elimination of vocational disease and improvement of working conditions.
- expansion of child care facilities and policy suggestions for governmental support
- policy suggestions and monitoring for improving the women related policies in Incheon
2) Support for rights of working women
- free law counseling for women workers and support their struggle
- support for trade union activities
- watching over toxic chemicals for protection of maternity and health and improving poor working conditions
- support for guaranteeing stable income through expansion of common workplace and cooperatives and for heightening economic capability
- monitoring implementation of Equal Employment of men and women and securing equal right for employment and promotion
3) Education and Publicity
- education for democratic family relationship and for democratic parents
- publication of Working Women and training textbooks for women
- Rally in commemorative of 3.8 International Women's Day and disseminating women related resources
- fact finding research and survey for lifetime workplace and human rights of women and campaigns
4) Support to build a democratic society
- establishment and amendment of special law on sexual violence and prevention law of domestic violence and campaigns
- suggestion of quota system for expansion of women's participation in politics and raising women leaders
- support to reduce arms for peace and unification
- securing minimum level of livelihood and welfare improvement for equal society
5) Support for small groups
- Women and Movie
- My love Han Peninsula: Searching for cultural relics
- Finger language
- singing club
- Neul Poom : eco-freindly home makers' group
- Building a women-friendly workplace
Her Associates
◐ Nanum Children's House : for two to six year-old children
TEL: 863 - 7443
◐ Od Nurie Cooperative : producing clothes
TEL: 523-7502
◐ Equaline
TEL:l 032-525-1982
◐ Self-support : for low-waged women to enhance their self-reliance and improve their welfare through job creation, support to open business and to run self-support community and development of self-support programs.
● Self-support community
"Mama's touch" providing lunch
"Master of the House" repairing houses
Home Nurses
● Self-support volunteers
Free repairing houses
Home Nursing Team
● Side-job Community : fuzzy stuffed toys and electric parts
● Counseling and Education : counseling for employment, opening business and other livelihood support/education to raise will of self-support and community consciousness
● improvement of neighborhood and research and survey : free medical care, volunteer activities for welfare centers and free meal for hungry children, sharing kimchi, and research on desire and demands for welfare and social resources in Incheon
TEL: 032 - 862-2832 Fax: 032 - 863-2659
www.womenworker.org
Sharing House for working women opening in 1988 changed into IWWA in 1989 and IWWA has worked to realize the human rights of women workers since.
Her Activities
1) Policy development for raising women's status
- policy suggestions and amendment bills of women related laws for expansion of women's employment and job training, public discussion for equal rights to work, job security, expansion of maternity protection, elimination of vocational disease and improvement of working conditions.
- expansion of child care facilities and policy suggestions for governmental support
- policy suggestions and monitoring for improving the women related policies in Incheon
2) Support for rights of working women
- free law counseling for women workers and support their struggle
- support for trade union activities
- watching over toxic chemicals for protection of maternity and health and improving poor working conditions
- support for guaranteeing stable income through expansion of common workplace and cooperatives and for heightening economic capability
- monitoring implementation of Equal Employment of men and women and securing equal right for employment and promotion
3) Education and Publicity
- education for democratic family relationship and for democratic parents
- publication of Working Women and training textbooks for women
- Rally in commemorative of 3.8 International Women's Day and disseminating women related resources
- fact finding research and survey for lifetime workplace and human rights of women and campaigns
4) Support to build a democratic society
- establishment and amendment of special law on sexual violence and prevention law of domestic violence and campaigns
- suggestion of quota system for expansion of women's participation in politics and raising women leaders
- support to reduce arms for peace and unification
- securing minimum level of livelihood and welfare improvement for equal society
5) Support for small groups
- Women and Movie
- My love Han Peninsula: Searching for cultural relics
- Finger language
- singing club
- Neul Poom : eco-freindly home makers' group
- Building a women-friendly workplace
Her Associates
◐ Nanum Children's House : for two to six year-old children
TEL: 863 - 7443
◐ Od Nurie Cooperative : producing clothes
TEL: 523-7502
◐ Equaline
TEL:l 032-525-1982
◐ Self-support : for low-waged women to enhance their self-reliance and improve their welfare through job creation, support to open business and to run self-support community and development of self-support programs.
● Self-support community
"Mama's touch" providing lunch
"Master of the House" repairing houses
Home Nurses
● Self-support volunteers
Free repairing houses
Home Nursing Team
● Side-job Community : fuzzy stuffed toys and electric parts
● Counseling and Education : counseling for employment, opening business and other livelihood support/education to raise will of self-support and community consciousness
● improvement of neighborhood and research and survey : free medical care, volunteer activities for welfare centers and free meal for hungry children, sharing kimchi, and research on desire and demands for welfare and social resources in Incheon