The Korea Foundation for Women (KWF) was established in December 1999 by the initiative of women’s organizations and social leaders who shared a firm commitment to bringing about “A New Millennium for Our Daughters”. The foundation envisions a gender-equal society where women´s human rights are secure and the spirit of reciprocity and caring is upheld.
Recently feminist concerns have extended to the grassroots movement, a movement to build more economically, environmentally and socially sustainable and caring communities. KFW has begun to support local communities and grassroots women leaders.
Working Areas
- Promoting women’s rights and gender equality
- Elimination of sexual violence and domestic violence against women and girls.
- Participation in the women’s movement in Korea by supporting women’s organizations’ efforts in feminist policy issues such as employment instability, sexuality, gender-mainstreaming and female representation, and in disseminating a feminist consciousness among youth and the general public.
- Empowering women
- Empowerment of socially and economically disadvantaged groups of women.
- Support capacity building and leadership of women NGO workers and activists.
- Respecting diversity and promoting caring communities.
- Support women of minority groups to participate as change-makers in building a truly multicultural society in Korea.
- Support women grassroots leaders to develop caring communities where the spirit of mutual caring and gender equality prevails and thus all kinds of discrimination and violence are eliminated
- Disseminating a giving culture
- Disseminating a culture of giving by activating individual and corporate donations for the cause of women and girls’ human rights.
- Management of KFW to maximize accountability and effectiveness.
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