President Lee Jae-myung said on the 8th that he would do his part and fulfill his responsibility so that Korea can be reborn as a truly gender-equal nation.
On this day, the president posted on X (formerly Twitter) an article titled "Toward a society where difference does not become discrimination and being different is not a reason for exclusion," and celebrated March 8, International Women's Day.
The president said, "This year's International Women's Day, the first since the impeachment, carries a particularly special meaning," and added, "I also heard the welcome news that the women who stood in solidarity in the square to overcome the crisis of insurrection in 2024 received the 'Women's Movement of the Year Award' from the Korea Women's Associations United."
He continued, "Until not long ago, we went through a period in which gender equality policies were reduced and set back due to the previous administration that pledged to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family," and said, "Now we are reversing that trend to restore gender equality policies to where they belong, fill the gaps of the past, and take steady steps toward a substantively gender-equal society."
The president said, "A society where difference does not become discrimination and being different is not a reason for exclusion. And we will surely build a community where everyone can live safely and with dignity," and added, "I earnestly hope that the fruits of gender equality that we will share and cultivate together will permeate evenly into the lives of all people of the Republic of Korea, beyond women and Namsung, generations and classes."