KOR
Program
  • Oct. 4 (Wed)

    09:00 - 12:00

    Side Events

    KOR, ENG

    Human Rights Tour Ⅰ

    Human Rights Tour will offer a chance to travel back to May 1980, a critical juncture of the Korean modern history in which people fought and struggled for democratization. Human Rights Tour I will give participants the opportunity to visit historical sites of the May 18 Democratization Movement, listening to stories from the time and taking a moment to remember the victims.
    ※ This tour is only available to invited participants.

  • Oct. 5 (Thu)

    13:00 - 16:00

    Room 214

    KOR

    Korean Local Government Ombudsmen Commission Workshop **

    Organizers
    Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education, Jeollabukdo Office of Education
  • Oct. 4 (Wed)

    13:30 - 15:30

    Side Events

    KOR, ENG

    Human Rights Tour Ⅱ

    Human Rights Tour will offer a chance to travel back to May 1980, a critical juncture of the Korean modern history in which people fought and struggled for democratization. Human Rights Tour II will give its participants the chance to take a look at the May 18 Liberty Park and have a conversation with survivors who participated in the Democratization Movement.

  • Oct. 4 (Wed)

    14:00 - 16:00

    Room 212-213

    KOR

    Gwangju Citizen Action Group for Human Rights Workshop **

    Lecturer

    JEONG HoeranLecturer, Gwangju Regional Office of NHRC of Korea

    Organizers
    Gwangju Inkkotjigi
  • Oct. 4 (Wed)

    16:00 - 18:00

    Convention Hall

    KOR (KSL, CC), ENG

    Opening Ceremony & Round Table

    Opening

    KANG Gi-jungMayor, Gwangju Metropolitan City

    The 13th World Human Rights Cities Forum Opening Remarks
    Congratulatory Remarks

    JEONG MuchangChairperson, Gwangju Metropolitan Council

    The 13th World Human Rights Cities Forum Congratulatory Remarks

    LEE Jeong-seonSuperintendent, Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education

    The 13th World Human Rights Cities Forum Congratulatory Remarks

    Gabriela RamosAssistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO

    Nada Al-NashifUN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

    The 13th World Human Rights Cities Forum Congratulatory Remarks
    Keynote Speech

    Ha-joon ChangProfessor of Economics, SOAS University of London

    Moderators

    KIM JoongseopChairperson, WHRCF Planning Committee

    Panel

    KANG Gi-jungMayor, Gwangju Metropolitan City

    Resilience city responding to poverty and inequality

    Karolina ZdrodowskaDeputy Mayor, Warsaw, Poland

    KIM MikyungHead, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Eunpyeonggu, for poverty eradiation and equal society!

    Vicki FelthausDeputy Mayor for Youth, Schools and Democracy, Leipzig, Germany

    Integrated approaches against social segregation and child poverty

    #Youth #Inequality #Democracy

    Morten KjaerumDirector, Raoul Wallenberg Institute

    Full Paper
    Organizers
    Gwangju Metropolitan City, Gwangju International Center
  • Oct. 5 (Thu)

    09:00 - 11:30

    Room 302-303

    KOR, ENG

    Jjokbangchon and Rights to Live with Dignity

    #Jjokbang #Seclusion #PublicHousingProject

    Residents in the areas pay high rental fees compared to narrow spaces of the houses, however, they are not properly managed at all, which leads to a plenty of critical safety issues. In reality, the houses in the Jjokbangchon do have a very restricted space even not allowable to put or store commodities except a sleeping space. Most of them do not have windows and the aisle between the buildings are too narrow to get the houses enough natural lights. Also, the houses are poorly ventilated, which could cause health problems for the residents as well. In this regard, this session was designed to guarantee a dignified life for the Jjokbangchon residents by addressing overall issues of the residents including their physical and mental health.

    Moderators

    MOON SeonhwaChairperson, Planning and General Affairs, Gwangju Dong-gu Council

    Speakers

    LEE DonghyunActivist, The Homeless Action

    History and Reality of Jjokbang Villages (referring to a village of tiny one-room residences (jjokbang) in Low-income Neighborhoods) – Focusing on Seoul

    #Jjokbang #Development

    Teija OjankoskiCEO, Y-Foundation

    How to End Homelessness, Case Finland

    #Homelessness #HousingFirst #HumanRight

    KIM JoojinResearch Fellow, Land and Housing Institute

    Current status and challenges of public housing projects in downtown jjokbang village - Focusing on public housing project around jjokbang village in Yeongdeung-po

    #JjokbangVillageInYeongdeung-po #ResidentsOfJjokbang #PublicHousingProject

    KIM YongheeSecretary General, Gwangju Social Innovators Network

    Survey and research on informal residence (motel or jjokbang) in Daein-dong and Gyerim 1-dong, Dong-gu, Gwangju

    #Humidity #IsolatedLivingCondition #Loneliness

    Discussants

    YOON JongcheolDirector, Gwangju Support Center for the Homeless

    Discussion Paper

    PARK JongminPolicy Director, Joeun Empathy Research Institute

    We forced them into exile in the downtown
    Organizers
    Gwangju Social Innovators Network, Gwangju Stand-Again General Support Center
  • Oct. 5 (Thu)

    09:00 - 12:00

    Room 212-213

    ENG

    Human Rights Paper Session

    Inclusive Cities and Human Rights

    #InclusiveCity #AccessToInformation #Energy

    The Human Rights Paper Session provides a space for students, academics, activists, and practitioners to share their studies, with a view of spotlighting and providing solutions to the challenges of achieving more inclusive, human rights focused cities. The session gives recognition to the urgency of making our cities inclusive spaces as a path to achieving human rights for all. Key topics of discussion will include undocumented migrants, access to services (e.g. energy, healthcare), climate justice, the role of the third sector, persons with disabilities, minority groups, and the measurement of urban inclusivity.

    Opening Remarks

    BAE JeonghwanProfessor, Center for Regional Development, Chonnam National University

    Moderators

    Alan BrownResearch Professor, Center for Regional Development, Chonnam National University

    Morten KjaerumDirector, Raoul Wallenberg Institute

    Speakers

    David Felice Falivene BaptistaPhD Candidate, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Campinas State University

    Employing Energy Efficiency to decrease Energy Poverty: a proposition of public policy to create renewable local energy communities in socially vulnerable areas

    #EnergyPoverty #PublicPolicies #RenewableEnergy

    Phuong Nong Thi NghiResearch Management Officer, VinUniversity

    Ensuring Women's Safety for an Inclusive Hanoi - Voices of Female University Students

    #InclusiveCity #Women #Safety

    Tram NguyenAcademic Officer, VinUniversity

    Ensuring Women's Safety for an Inclusive Hanoi - Voices of Female University Students

    #InclusiveCity #Safety #Vietnam

    Namira FathyaResearch Assistant, Kota Kita Foundation

    Navigating a Hearing City - Reflections on Urban Inclusivity from the Eyes of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Youths in Surakarta, Indonesia

    #AccessToInformation #BahasaIsyaratIndonesia #ParticipatoryMethodology

    Wulandari Anindya KanaCommunications Officer, Kota Kita Foundation

    Navigating a Hearing City - Reflections on Urban Inclusivity from the Eyes of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Youths in Surakarta, Indonesia

    #AccessToInformation #IndonesianSignLanguage #Photovoice

    Elin ChoiIntern, Austrian Institute of Technology

    15-Minute City Concept in Relation to Human Rights and Inclusive City

    #UrbanPlanning #15minuteCityConcept #Diversity

    Indra Jaya WiranataLecturer, University of Lampung

    Grassroots Cohesiveness: An Important Indicator in Solving The City Waste Problem

    #GrassrootsCohesiveness #CityWasteProblem #WasteManagement

    Sarah HertwigProject Officer, UNESCO Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights at the Local and Regional Level

    The Potential of Human Rights Budgeting for Inclusive Cities

    #HumanRightsBudgeting #HumanRights #LocalLevel

    Closing Remarks

    Gerd OberleitnerProfessor, University of Graz

    Organizers
    Chonnam National University Center for Regional Development, UNESCO Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights at the Local and Regional Level, UNESCO Chair in Human Rights, Graz, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Gwangju International Center
  • Oct. 5 (Thu)

    09:00 - 15:00

    Side Events

    KOR, IDN

    Human Rights Eco Policy Tour **

    Human Rights Eco Policy Tour is a visit to the various sites that carry out environmental policies in Gwangju. The visit will also include a Q&A session with the persons in charge. The tour will focus on exploring the impact of Gwangju Pureungil Park and Bitgoeul Citizen’s Sunlight Power Plant on the quality of life of Gwangju citizens.
    ※ This tour is only available to the Indonesian delegates.

  • Oct. 5 (Thu)

    09:00 - 11:30

    Room 209-210

    KOR (KSL, CC), ENG

    Children and Youth

    Poverty and inequalities are structural issues that hamper a sustainable development of cities. They also have to be dealt more seriously in that they could be passed down on to the next generation. In reality, however, inequality exists in education sector, too. What makes matters worse is the growing trends of overemphasizing one’s academic background and depending on excessive private education. Educational inequalities negatively affect local marginalization and donut city issues, which becomes a major cause of undermining a sustainable development of nations and cities.

    Opening

    LEE Jeong-seonSuperintendent, Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education

    Moderators

    HONG Gwan-pyoDirector, The Center for Public Interest & Human Rights, Chonnam National University

    Keynote Speech

    KIM Jin-yeongProfessor, Konkuk University

    Why should we worry about the issue of educational inequality?
    Speakers

    BAEK Byoung-buSenior Researcher, Gyeonggi Institute of Education

    Reality of Education Inequality in School
    Discussants

    SHIN HaeyoungStudent, Gwangju Speer Girls' Middle School

    HAN BinStudent, Salesio Girls' High School

    YANG MihyeonTeacher, Salesian Middle School

    KIM Sohui, Gwangju Girls' Commercial High School

    Organizers
    Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education, Chonnam National University Center for Public Interest & Human Rights Law
  • Oct. 5 (Thu)

    10:00 - 12:00

    Room 214

    KOR

    Local Governments for Human Rights Promotion Workshop **

    Speakers

    NOH Junghwan

    Discussants

    CHON JinheeFormer Director, Ulsan Human Rights Center, WHRCF Planning Committee

    Organizers
    Gwangju Metropolitan City, Gwangju Regional Office of NHRC of Korea
  • Oct. 5 (Thu)

    13:00 - 15:30

    Online Meeting

    ENG

    Poverty, Inequalities, and Human Rights in Developing Countries

    How are Poverty and Inequalities Connected with Human Rights in Developing Countries?

    #HumanRights #MinorityRights #Poverty

    It is also necessary to note that by violations of human rights, we mean not only civil and political rights, but also economic, and social-cultural rights, and also every form of discrimination. Still, the violations of civil and political rights are at the core of factors that cause poverty by manipulations of illegal arrests, illegal detentions, torture, extrajudicial killings (including enforced disappearances), denial of a fair trial, suppressions of freedom of association, assembly, and expression, and also obstructions of free and fair elections. Entire economies are re-adjusted in a way to deprive even necessities for the people and particularly those who are relatively poor. Anti-terrorism laws and public or national security laws are used as means of silence in the protests of the poor. The entire humanity is threatened, and all natural resources and creating the possibilities of global disasters far more frightening than what had been seen in the past. The most important response should be to save lives and livelihoods, the right to food, the rights of children, right to education and health by measures to protect the livelihoods of both men and women.

    Moderators

    SHIN GyongguExecutive Director, Asian Legal Resource Centre - Gwangju

    Congratulatory Remarks

    Mohara Prakash

    Keynote Speech

    Basil FernandoDirector, Policy and Programme Development

    #HumanRightsBudgeting #Poverty #Asia

    Panels

    MD AshrafuzzamanAdvocacy Officer, Asian Legal Resource Centre

    ChrisbiantoroLocal officer, Asian Human Rights Commission

    #HumanRights

    Inoma KarunatilakeExecutive Director, Rule of Law Forum

    #Women #Children

    Niroshan EkanayakaExecutive Director, SAMADANA Centre

    #HumanRights #MinorityRights #VulnerableCommunity

    Salina KafleDirector, Human Rights & Justice Centre

    #HumanRights #Nepal #Violations

    Organizers
    Asian Legal Resource Centre(ALRC), Asian Legal Resource Centre - Gwangju
  • Oct. 5 (Thu)

    13:00 - 15:00

    Room 302-303

    KOR (KSL, CC), ENG (CC)

    Inclusive Procurement Launchpad

    Reducing Poverty and Inequalities through Inclusive Digitalization and Human Rights-based Procurement

    #AccessibilityIsHumanRights #BarrierFree #PersonWithDisabilities

    Cities worldwide are uniquely positioned to use their considerable purchasing power, including of information and communications technologies(ICT), to advance the human rights and digital inclusion of persons with disabilities and older persons. G3ict, through its Smart Cities for All global initiative, is partnering with the United Cities and Local Governments and World Economic Forum Secretariat for the G20 Global Smart Cities Alliance, to help cities worldwide adopt technology procurement policies that support the localization of human rights frameworks to ensure greater equity and inclusion in our communities.

    Moderators

    Federico Batista PoitierAccessibility Policy Officer, UCLG

    Speakers

    Monica DuhemDirector, Global Advisory Center, G3ict

    Caroline Awuor AgwandaGovernor's Adviser on Disability, Women, and Youth, County Government of Kisumu

    The inclusion of people with disabilities and accessibility of technology

    #AccessibilityIsHumanRights

    KIM ChunsooTeam Leader, SK telecom

    #BarrierFree #PersonWithDisabilities #AI

    Naim Erol ÖzgünerHead, IT Department, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality

    Organizers
    United Cities and Local Governments, Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies
  • Oct. 5 (Thu)

    13:00 - 16:00

    Room 209-210

    KOR (KSL)

    Ageism and the Poverty of Older Persons

    Older persons have been deprived of their dignified life in old ages. The vulnerability has aggravated amid the covid-19 and climate crisis. Korea has had the highest poverty and suicide rates around the globe. Older persons abuse has been growing every year. Likewise, there are mounting human rights issues related to older persons that we have to address promptly. We have to ensure older persons could lead a dignified life in old ages and not to lose the dignity in the process toward death. Especially, for older persons inevitably put into a vulnerable situation, we will look for ways to publicly discuss and set human rights agenda spanning overall issues accordingly.

    Congratulatory Remarks

    LEE HyegyeongRepresentative, ASEM Global Ageing Center

    Moderators

    PARK YeongranProfessor, Kangnam University

    Speakers

    KIM TaewanSenior Researcher, Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs

    LEE HaenaProfessor, Sungkyunkwan University

    Discussants

    JUCH Myongyong Representative, Korean Association of Retired Persons

    CHO HyeonseRepresentative, HelpAge Korea

    SO JuncholPostdoc, Ewha Institute for Age Integration Research

    LEE DongwooDeputy Director, National Human Rights Commission

    Organizers
    National Human Rights Commission of Korea, ASEM Global Ageing Center
  • Oct. 5 (Thu)

    14:00 - 17:30

    Room 214

    KOR

    Korean Local Government Human Rights Commission Workshop **

    This session aims to understand the complexity of human rights issues caused by poverty and inequality, and to examine each city's policy implementation experience, regional strategy development, administrative and political relief, and guarantees to solve human rights problems faced by various population groups such as young people, the elderly, the disabled, and women. Many cities advocate a "human rights-friendly city," draw up basic human rights plans, and implement major policies. Through fact-finding surveys and expert advice, it emphasizes support for social changes such as labor, environment, youth, digital sex crimes, and policies to establish a social safety net amid the trend of low birth, aging, and single-person households. We would like to evaluate how much these attempts have contributed to the promotion of human rights of the vulnerable and seek alternatives.

    Moderators

    LEE JinheeChairperson, Daejeon Association of Social Workers

    Speakers

    LEE Yong-gyoProfessor, Gwangju University

    #Poverty #Inequality #City

    Organizers
    Korean Local Government Human Rights Commission
  • Oct. 5 (Thu)

    16:00 - 18:30

    Room 301-303

    KOR (KSL, CC), ENG, FRA

    Human Rights Cities Responding to Poverty and Inequalities

    #HumanRights #Justice #Inequality

    In a global context increasing inequalities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the commitment to social justice, climate action, peace and Human Rights matters more than ever. Local and Regional Governments(LRGs) have showcased a growing commitment to Human Rights. This commitment was reflected and further expanded through the Global Campaign “10, 100, 1000 Human Rights Cities and Territories by 2030”, launched by the UCLG-CSIPDHR in 2022. In this sense, several LRGs are already acting to link the promotion of Human Rights to different dimensions of poverty and inequalities through an intersectional approach to local action. This translates into Human-Rights-based public policies, for instance to ensure access to labor to women victims of violence; to provide housing to migrants and refugees; to improve access to education through technologies and digital innovation; as well as to improve mobility and accessibility between and within territories through public service provision.

    Keynote Speech

    Olivier De SchutterUN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

    PanelⅠ
    Moderators

    Morten KjaerumDirector, Raoul Wallenberg Institute

    Speakers

    Jaleswari PramodhawardaniDeputy Chief of Staff, Executive Office of the President, Indonesia

    Peter Anyang’ Nyong’oGovernor, Kisumu County

    Todd HowlandChief, Development and Economic and Social Issues Branch, UN Human Rights

    CHO MunyoungProfessor, Department of Cultural Anthropology, Yonsei University

    Human rights cities responding to poverty and inequalities

    Meghna AbrahamExecutive Director, Center for Economic and Social Rights

    Sonia Francine Gaspar MarmoSecretary of Human Rights and Citizenship, São Paulo City, Brazil

    PanelⅡ
    Moderators

    Amanda Flety MartinezCoordinator, UCLG-CSIPDHR

    Speakers

    Constanza LizanaMayor, San Antonio, Chile

    Audrey GarinoDeputy Mayor, Marseille, France

    Full Paper

    #HumanRights

    Arber FetiuAdvisor in international relations, Montreal, Canada

    Montreal's Access to Municipal Services Without Fear policy

    #Migrants #Equality #Justice

    SHIN GyongguSenior Advisor for Human Rights & International Affairs, Gwangju Metropolitan City

    Attiya WarisUN Independent Expert on foreign debt, other international financial obligations and human rights

    Jose CuestaLead Economist, Social Sustainability and Inclusion Global Practice, The World Bank

    Human Rights Cities Responding to Poverty and Inequalities Full Paper

    #HumanRightsBasedApproach #Poverty #Inequality

    Organizers
    WHRCF International Steering Committee
  • Oct. 6 (Fri)

    09:00 - 11:30

    Room 212-213

    KOR

    How are Women’s Inequality and Poverty Reproduced in the Sector of Culture and Art?

    The hierarchical structure that exists in the domain of culture and art keeps female artists in an economic hierarchy and causes various problems such as sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and human rights fringement. Inequality means that there is discrimination in rights, duty, and entitlement, so it is not equal. However, the discriminatory distribution of scarce resources such as income, status, and power in a social context can also be seen as a social inequality. As a result of those unequal social sturcture, we can find various human rights issues and figure out solutions to those things.

    Moderators

    KIM ChaeheeFestival Director, Women's Film Festival In Gwangju

    Speakers

    LEE SanRepresentative, Genderartlab Yiro

    #Gender-BasedViolence #WorldOfCultureAndArts #Inequality

    LIM InzaCo-chair, Committee for Resolution of Sexual assault case resolution in theatre field at Gwangju

    #WomenArtistsInGwangju #TheGuaranteeOfTheStatusAndRightsOfArtists #Discrimination

    Discussants

    SONG JinheeRepresentative, That's not Art, that's Sexual Violence

    KIM SojinIndependent Curator

    Organizers
    Gwangju Jeonnam Women's Association United
  • Oct. 6 (Fri)

    10:00 - 12:00

    Room 302-303

    KOR

    MigrationⅠ

    Immigrant Health and Publicity

    #Migrants #Health #SocialDeterminants

    Discussions on social inclusion of immigrants have been actively going on at local level. In particular, the issues of vulnerable health and inequal access to healthcare of immigrants have emerged at local level during COVID-19 pandemic. In reality, immigrants deemed necessary are welcomed, while those not are subject to exclusion, which makes the current situation worse. As we are prepared for the post Covid era, now is time for us to build a new blueprint based on transitional imagination and practices beyond exclusion and selective inclusion of immigration policies. The health of immigrants is not an individual matter but a shared issue of local community, which requires social practices considering it a public agenda.

    Moderators

    CHOI SeongwooProfessor, Chosun University Medical School

    Speakers

    CHAE DuckheeGeneral Director, Gwangju Workers Health Center

    #Migrants #Health #Demand

    KIM NakyungResearcher, Center for Global Diaspora studies, Chonnam National University

    #Migrants #Health #SocialDeterminants

    CHOI JiyeonSecretary General, Gwangju Migrant Health Center

    SUN Bong-kyuResearch Professor, Chonnam National University

    #HealthOfMigrants #GwangjuMigrantHealthCenter #KoryoinGwangjuClinic

    Discussants

    KIM WansukTeam manager, Gwangju Support Center for Foreign Workers

    HWANG SeonghoDirector, Gwangju Migrant Support Center

    Organizers
    Chonnam National University Center for Global Diaspora Studies, Chonnam National University BK21 Center for International Migration and Diaspora Innovative Talents, Gwangju Workers Health Center, Gwangju Migrant Health Center
  • Oct. 6 (Fri)

    10:30 - 12:00

    Room 209-210

    ENG, IDN

    Indonesian Human Rights Cities Session

    Enabling Economic and Environmental Justice in Indonesia

    The whole world is facing crises such as violence, climate and economic crisis, democratic problem, Ukrainian-Russian war, energy and food problems, and the COVID-19 epidemic, which has worsened poverty and inequality. Countries all throughout the world, including local governments, are working hard to address the crisis, including Indonesia. The top priority of human rights cities is to identify human rights issues caused by poverty and inequalities and find measures in various areas such as politics, economy, society, culture, and education. Each regency/city in Indonesia has initiatives, best practices, and lessons learned to remedy the poverty and inequality in order to create more just and equal society. It is critical to discuss best practices and lessons learnt in dealing with inequality and poverty in Indonesia at the WHRCF 2023.

    Opening Remarks

    Gandi Sulistiyanto SoehermanAmbassador, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Seoul, Republic of Korea

    Moderators

    MugiyantoAdvisor on Human Rights, Executive Office of the President, Republic of Indonesia

    Speakers

    Putu Elvina GaniCommissioner of Education and Public Awareness, Komnas HAM

    Human Rights Cities as Guidance for Facing Poverty and Inequality

    SumastroMayor, Singkawang, Indonesia

    Break the Inequality: Empowerment of Lepers Program

    Eddy Keleng Ate Berutu Regent, Dairi, Indonesia

    Dairi Experience on Inequality Issues

    MisthohizzamanExecutive Director, INFID

    The Update of Human Rights Cities technical guide and implementations in Indonesia

    Amanda Flety MartinezCoordinator, UCLG-CSIPDHR

    Empowering the human rights cities movement: UCLG Charter-Agenda update & Global Campaign

    Discussants

    Ahsan HamidiProgram Officer, The Asia Foundation

    Organizers
    International NGOs Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID), The Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM)
  • Oct. 6 (Fri)

    13:00 - 15:30

    Room 212-213

    KOR (KSL, CC), ENG

    Disability

    Working Persons with Disabilities Coming Out of Poverty - Paradigm Shift in Disabilities and Labor

    #Disability #Employment #Poverty

    Since the launch of Yoon Seok Yeol administration, the Korean government has paid less policy attention to addressing economic inequality, expanding welfare benefit, and to ensuring human rights. This has aggravated the issues of poverty and inequality and has put the vulnerable, especially the persons with disabilities, at the highest risk of inequality. In this situation, the socially vulnerable class at risk of the most serious inequality is the disabled. Social stigma and prejudice against the disabled, and the capitalist system have further ruled them out. In addition, the attitude to solve the problem through traditional welfare services eventually kept the disabled in poverty.

    Moderators

    KANG MinhuiAssistant Professor, Honam University

    Speakers

    Albin FalkmerDirector, Governance and Public Affairs, Samhall

    Inclusive employment of people with disabilities

    #Inclusion #Employment #Disability

    CHO YunhwaChief, Policy Research Independent Living Support Team, Korea Disabled People's Development Institute

    The reality of poverty and income inequality for people with disabilities

    #Poverty #Disability #IncomeInequality

    Discussants

    KWON HesukPrincipal Expert Advisor, Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities

    Current Status and Development Path of the Government’s Employment Policy for the Persons with Disabilities

    YEOM JiaePolicy Planning Team Leader, Gwangju Metropolitan City Support Center for the Disabled

    Working environment for people with disabilities at vocational rehabilitation facilities

    KIM MokwonStaff, Amkor Korea

    Discussion Paper

    JO EunhyeWorker of the rights-oriented public sector jobs, Yudal Center for Independent Living

    Labor is self-esteem
    Organizers
    Gwangju Human Right Center for People with Disabilities, Gwangju Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination
  • Oct. 6 (Fri)

    13:00 - 15:30

    Room 209-210

    KOR (CC), ENG

    UN SDGs and Human Rights

    SDGs and Gender Equality

    #GenderPerspective #SDG5 #SocialServices

    Since the adoption of UN SDGs, the international community has made transformative efforts to set a concrete direction and implement sustainable development within various policy frameworks. Korea has also carried out its own activities to achieve SDGs by 2030, centered around the Local Sustainability Alliance of Korea and its members in each province. UN explained that a systematic gender mainstreaming is essential to realizing the SDG agenda. This is the right time to explore whether the local sustainable development goals being implemented in the Korean context reflect gender perspectives, whether the local SDG5 consists of elements that can contribute to gender equality, and whether the SDG implementation indicators are properly defined.

    Moderators

    KIM HyungwanGeneral Director, Korea Human Rights Policy Institute

    Speakers

    CHO YoungsookRepresentative, Gender Equality Training Platform

    #GenderPerspective #StructuralTransformation #SocialResponsibilityOfUnpaidCareWork

    PARKCHA Ok-kyungDirector, Korea Center for Sustainable Development

    #L-SDGs #SDG5 #SocialServices

    Discussants

    TAE RI Myung HeeCitizen Policy Research Institute, Jeonju Council for Sustainable Development

    CHOI InwookSecretary General, Local Sustainability Alliance of Korea

    KIM HyogyeongRepresentative, Gwangju Womenlink

    PARK JuheeResearcher, Gwangju Foundation for Women and Family

    Organizers
    Gwangju Council for Sustainable Development, Korea Institute Center for Sustainable Development, Korea Gender Equality Agenda Network, Korea Human Rights Policy Institute, Local Sustainability Alliance of Korea
  • Oct. 6 (Fri)

    13:20 - 15:30

    Room 302-303

    KOR, ENG

    Migration Ⅱ

    Immigrant Health and Publicity

    #Migrants #Health #Racism

    Discussions on social inclusion of immigrants have been actively going on at local level. In particular, the issues of vulnerable health and inequal access to healthcare of immigrants have emerged at local level during COVID-19 pandemic. In reality, immigrants deemed necessary are welcomed, while those not are subject to exclusion, which makes the current situation worse. As we are prepared for the post Covid era, now is time for us to build a new blueprint based on transitional imagination and practices beyond exclusion and selective inclusion of immigration policies. The health of immigrants is not an individual matter but a shared issue of local community, which requires social practices considering it a public agenda.

    Moderators

    SHIN JiwonProfessor, Chonnam National University

    Speakers

    KIM SagangResearch Fellow, Migration & Human Rights Institute

    #Migrants #HealthInequality #Racism

    YOO WeonseobDirector, National Medical Center

    #Migrants #Health #PublicMeidcalServices

    Stamatia StavrinakiVice Chairperson, UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

    The right to health of migrants in international human rights law

    #Migrants #Health #Intersectionality

    Discussants

    JEONG Jong-minResearcher, Center for Global Diaspora studies, Chonnam National University

    BYEON JinokFellow Researcher, National Health Insurance Services

    Organizers
    Chonnam National University Center for Global Diaspora Studies, Chonnam National University BK21 Center for International Migration and Diaspora Innovative Talents, Gwangju Workers Health Center, Gwangju Migrant Health Center
  • Oct. 6 (Fri)

    16:00 - 18:00

    Online Meeting

    ENG

    Human Rights and Corruption

    City Challenges and Possibilities

    It is today widely recognized that corruption is a major impediment for the enjoyment of human rights and realisation of the sustainable development goals. Corruption, in different shapes and forms, exists all over the over world. It thrives in societies where there is a concentration of powers in the executive, inadequate or non-existent checks and balances, poor transparency, restricted access to information, weak institutions and dysfunctional systems of oversight and enforcements, a controlled media and lack of public trust in state institutions, governance and politics. Hence, it can be argued the respect for human rights and the rule of law correlates with the level of corruption in society, and that increasing enjoyment of human rights can contribute to the reduction of corruption, and poverty, in society. Fighting corruption must happen within the boundaries of human rights and the rule of law. Thus, increased knowledge on international human rights standards, principles and values, such as, empowerment, non-discrimination and diversity, equality and equity, participation and inclusion, integrity, transparency and accountability, are important preventive measures in the fight against corruption.

    Moderators

    Morten Koch AndersenSenior Researcher, Raoul Wallenberg Institute

    Speakers

    Trina Alejandra Firmalo-Fabic Mayor, Odiongan, Philippines

    Oleksandr SenkevychMayor, Mykolaiv, Ukraine

    Al KagsFounder, Open Institute

    Payal ThaoreyHead of the Department, Post Graduate Teaching Department of Law, RTM Nagpur University

    #Corruption #Poverty #Stakeholders

    Organizers
    Raoul Wallenberg Institute
  • Oct. 6 (Fri)

    16:30 - 19:00

    Room 212-213

    KOR

    Multi-dimensional Inequality and Democracy of Youth

    #Poverty #Youth #Inequality

    The Korean government has implemented youth-related policies in earnest based on the findings of researches on the current status of employment, housing, and education of youths since the legislation of the act. However, it turned out that the policies have barely impacted on the statistics related to youths. The issues of youths are relevant to lack of jobs, the wealth succession and asset inequality, which are complicated issues of the social and institutional system. Germany, France, and Finland have recognized youths as a subject to social policy early on and pushed for reform in extensive education and employment service through the EU. We would like to expand the perspective to cover the democratic view while dealing with the current status of the youth suffering from the multi-dimensional inequality such as deteriorating employment rate, housing instability, education inequality, and the vicious cycle of debt.

    Moderators

    LIM MyunggyuRepresentative, Gwangju Youth Policy Network

    Speakers

    BYUN GeumsunAssociate Research Fellow, Seoul Institute

    #Poverty #Youth #TransitionPeriod

    JANG HyeyeongMember, National Assembly, Korea

    #Inequality #Poverty #Youth

    PARK SuminRepresentative, Gwangju Youth Money Habbit Traning Center

    #Youth #Debt #Poverty

    KIM SeolChairperson, Youth Community Union

    KI HyunjooCo-representative, My welfarestate

    #Inequality #Youth #District

    Organizers
    Gwangju Youth Policy Network, Gwangju Youth Money Habit Training Center, Youth Community Union
  • Oct. 6 (Fri)

    16:30 - 19:00

    Room 302-303

    KOR, ENG

    Gender Inequality in Housework

    How to Address Gender Inequality in Housework

    #Inequality #Women'sDevelopment #PolicyChange

    As the awareness of "the productivity and social values evaluation of housework" was raised, wage struggles and campaign movements of housework spread throughout Western society. In Korea, social evaluation and policyization work have also been carried out to enhance the meaning of housework and its "value." However, it is time to pay attention to the intangible(emotional) value of housework, which could not be converted into economic values.

    Moderators

    PARK MijeongMember of the Gwangju Metropolitan Council

    Speakers

    Silvia FedericiProfessor Emerita, Hofstra University

    Pham Thu HienGender Specialist

    Unpaid Care Work: Case of Viet Nam

    #Inequality #Women'sDevelopment #PolicyChange

    KIM Gyoung RaePresident, Gwangju Foundation for Women & Family

    Realization of Social Value of Household Labors and Household Allowances
    Discussants

    Garance SarlatGender Associate Project Officer, UNESCO

    LEE Hyun AhProfessor, Korea National Open University

    Is Gender Inequality in Housework Being Resolved in Korea?
    Organizers
    Gwangju Foundation for Women & Family
  • Oct. 6 (Fri)

    16:30 - 19:00

    Room 209-210

    KOR, ENG, FRA, ESP

    Human Rights in the City

    Workshop for the Update of the UCLG Global Charter-Agenda

    #HumanRights #AccessibilityIsHumanRights #Sustainability

    The update process of the UCLG Charter-Agenda will reflect the achievements and progresses made by Local Governments in the past 10 years for the promotion of human rights; and will expand the global-local vision on human rights of the Charter-Agenda, building on the results of the Global Campaign.

    Opening Remarks

    KIM Gwang-jinDeputy Mayor for Culture and Economic Affairs, Gwangju Metropolitan City

    Moderators

    Amanda Flety MartinezCoordinator, UCLG-CSIPDHR

    Speakers

    Rubi Cabrera AguileraLawyer in charge of Ombudsman office, San Antonio

    Audrey GarinoDeputy Mayor, Marseille

    #HumanRights

    Caroline Awuor AgwandaGovernor's Adviser on Disability, Women, and Youth, County Government of Kisumu

    The inclusion of people with disabilities and accessibility of technology

    #AccessibilityIsHumanRights

    Verónica GonzálezChief Resilience Officer, Resilience Office at Juarez Municipality

    The integral economic development through Juarez Charter for the Right to the City

    #RightToTheCity #JuarezCity #EconomicDevelopment

    Anselmo LeeProfessor, Kyung Hee University Global Academy for Future Civilizations

    #HumanRights #Sustainability #PublicProcurement

    Carla Canal RosichInternational Cooperation Officer, Barcelona City Council

    #HumanRights #Sustainability #PublicProcurement

    Ana Isabel Rodriguez Basanta Director of Citizenship Rights, Barcelona City

    Discussants

    Morten KjaerumDirector, Raoul Wallenberg Institute

    MugiyantoAdvisor on Human Rights, Executive Office of the President, Republic of Indonesia

    SHIN GyongguExecutive Director, Gwangju International Center

    Organizers
    UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights (UCLG-CSIPDHR)
  • Oct. 6 (Fri)

    20:00 - 22:00

    Room 302-303

    KOR, ENG (CC), ISL

    Eradication of Poverty through Human Rights Economy

    Eradication of Poverty through Human Rights Economy

    #RightToTheCity #Sustainability #PublicProcurement

    A human rights economy is defined by both the content of economic policies, and the process by which economic policies are made and implemented. Pursuing a human rights economy requires transparency and accountability and creating space for social dialogue, scrutiny and participation, especially for affected individuals, groups, and communities, for example in the budget process. Subnational levels of government have an obligation to ensure that people have access to budget information, which is necessary for example to conduct human rights-based budget analyses. Furthermore, relevant indicators and measures are a key component of assessing that budget allocations and expenditure are human rights compliant and thus contribute to reducing poverty and inequalities.

    Moderators

    Janica PuistoHuman Rights Officer, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Section, UN Human Rights

    Speakers

    Todd HowlandChief, Development and Economic and Social Issues Branch, UN Human Rights

    Olivier De SchutterUN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights

    Morten KjaerumDirector, Raoul Wallenberg Institute

    Verónica GonzálezChief Resilience Officer, Resilience Office at Juarez Municipality

    #RightToTheCity

    Carla Canal RosichInternational Cooperation Officer, Barcelona City Council

    #HumanRights #Sustainability #PublicProcurement

    Jose CuestaLead Economist, Social Sustainability and Inclusion Global Practice, The World Bank

    Eradication of Poverty through Human Rights Economy Full Paper

    Zipporah WambuaDirector, Department of Devolution and Public Service, Government of Makueni County, Kenya

    Organizers
    UN Human Rights, Raoul Wallenberg Institute, UCLG Committee on Social Inclusion, Participatory Democracy and Human Rights, Gwangju International Center
  • Oct. 7 (Sat)

    12:30 - 15:00

    Room 301-303

    KOR, ENG

    UNESCO Master Class Gwangju Series

    Youth Actions in Response to Inequalities

    Launched by UNESCO in November 2019 as a global “training for trainers” initiative, the Master Class Series on Racism and Discrimination aims to shed light on the growing significance of racial prejudice and the spread of racial discrimination and intolerance, and raise the visibility of its consequences. The ultimate goal is to empower young participants to become agents of change and trainers in their own schools and communities. The Second Edition of the UNESCO Master Class Gwangju Series has gathered 27 youth participants from Gwangju and South Jeolla Province. Under the topic of “Youth Actions in Response to Inequalities”, this year’s program focuses on exploring issues related to inequalities by aiding the participants in pinpointing topics and situations that result in unequal treatment of certain groups or individuals in their immediate surroundings, such as schools and communities they belong to.

    Congratulatory Remarks

    CHOI DoseongStanding Chairman, Gwangju Council for Sustainable Development

    SHIN GyongguExecutive Director, Gwangju International Center

    Moderators

    Jana MilosavljevicCoordinator, Gwangju International Center

    Special Lecture

    Stamatia StavrinakiVice Chairperson, UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

    Activity Report

    Si-na-beu-ro

    KIM Hyerin, LEE Yoomi, HEO Yookyung (Students, Gwangju Girls' High School of Business)

    Hakuna Matata

    YUN Hyeongrae, KIM Nanhee, OH Soojin, LEE Hyoeun, KIM Minkyung (Students, Jeonnam Foreign Language High School)

    GANADARA(feat.SJ)

    LIM Hajun, KIM Jinwoo, LIM Chaeyeon, KIM Jimin, KIM Taerin (Students, Sanjeong Middle School)

    unequal, an equal

    JEONG Jihoon, KIM Seoyeon (Students, Jeonnam Foreign Language High School), PARK Chaewoo (Student, Unnam High School), HAN Bin (Student, Salesio Girls' High School)

    Dam-byeo-rak

    LEE Juho, JEONG Hyeonseo, YUN Singah, LEE Minyoung, CHAE Minseo (Students, Sophia School)

    Hak-gyo Dae-cheong-so

    SEO Chaewon (Student, Gwangju Hwajeong Middle School), BAE Jaehwang (Student, Jeonnam National University High School), GO Yeseul (Student, Gwangju Girls' High School of Business)

    Organizers
    Gwangju International Center, UNESCO, Gwangju Council for Sustainable Development
  • Oct. 7 (Sat)

    13:00 - 15:30

    Room 212-213

    KOR

    Human Rights Activists Workshop

    Racial Discrimination in Korea Seen in the Islamophobic Incidents, and Solidarity of Human Rights Activists

    The conflict over the construction of a new mosque in Daehyeon-dong, Daegu, which has been in process since 2020, has shown the most extreme hatred and discrimination against foreign and Islamic cultures in Korean society. This also has further spread hatred and discrimination in various areas in our society. Against this backdrop, local activists across the country would share their thoughts on how to respond to such discrimination and hatred, and how to carry out solidarity activities, and discuss possible resistance activities. Furthermore, they would more actively seek a method of solidarity against hatred.

    Moderators

    SHIN KanghyobDirector, Jeju Peace Human Rights Institute WHAT

    Speakers

    Farrah SheikhAssistant Professor, Keimyung University

    Integrating South Korea’s Muslims into Society Successfully – Some Thoughts.

    #Muslim #Multiculturalism #HumanRights

    SIM AjungActivist, International Waters 31

    #MigrantDetention #Institutionalization #ForeignerProtectionPlace

    SONG BoraFreelancer

    #Hijab #StandardsOfBeauty #Women'sHumanRights

    KIM JirimAttorney at Law, GongGam Human Rights Law Foundation

    LA YeonuActivist, Naomi Center

    #Refugee #Migrants #Stranger

    Discussants

    PARK YoungcheolRepresentative, Ulsan Solidarity for Human Rights

    SHO ChanghoStanding Activist, Protesting against Poverty & Discrimination Solidarity for Human Rights

    LEE JinsukStanding Activist, Chungcheongnam-do Human Rights Education Activist Group ‘BUTTL’

    CHAE MinStanding Activist, Solidarity for Peace & Human Rights

    PARK EunyoungStanding Activist, Gwang-Ju Human Rights Center Hwal Jjak

    Organizers
    Human Rights Activists Network
  • Oct. 7 (Sat)

    13:00 - 14:30

    Online Meeting

    KOR

    Inequality Faced by North Korean Refugees

    Cities’ Response and Improvements to Address the Inequality Experienced by North Korean Defectors

    According to a survey by the Ministry of Unification, as of June 2022, the number of North Korean defectors in South Korea is about 30,000. Due to the systemic and social, economic, and cultural differences between the two Koreas, North Korean defectors are experiencing many difficulties in settling down and adapting to South Korean society. Most cities neglect North Korean defectors without much consideration. In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 70th anniversary of the declaration of the end of the Korean War, we would like to reveal many problems that North Korean defectors are experiencing in South Korean cities and introduce cities that are responding to them.

    Moderators

    KIM SeunghyeonRepresentative, University Students' Association for Unification(USAU)

    Speakers

    CHOI EunjeongYouth Chairperson, Peaceful Unification Advisory Council

    #Gaze #Boundary #OvercomeTheBarrier

    KIM JuhyeonMember, University Students' Association for Unification(USAU)

    #SettlementSupport #UniversityStudents #StabilityOfNorthKoreanRefugees

    KIM MinsolManager, University Students' Association for Unification(USAU)

    #Inequality #NorthKoreanRefugees #Youth

    Discussants

    KANG Young-sooCoordinator, University Students' Association for Unification(USAU)

    HAN GasunStanding Member, Peaceful Unification Advisory Council

    Organizers
    University Students’ Association for Unification(USAU)
  • Oct. 7 (Sat)

    16:00 - 17:00

    Room 301-303

    KOR (KSL, CC), ENG

    Closing Ceremony

    Closing Remarks

    PARK YoungsuHead, Democracy, Human Rights, and Peace Bureau, Gwangju Metropolitan City

    Organizers
    Gwangju Metropolitan City, Gwangju International Center