Expert Invitation Luncheon on June 12

The Welcome to Korea Internatinal Club (WKIC) held an expert invitation luncheon lecture on June 12, 2025, in the Kukwha Room on the 19th floor of the Korea Press Center.

The year 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing World Conference on Women. The Platform for Action and the Beijing Declaration, along with the practical strategy of 'Gender Mainstreaming,' adopted at the UN-sponsored Beijing World Conference on Women, have since become the behavioral norms for women's advancement for all UN member states. The 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW69), held in New York, USA, in March 2025, was a meeting to look back on the 30 years since the Beijing World Conference on Women and explore future strategies. The Women's International Exchange Association (WKIC) reported on the key discussions from UN CSW69.

During the report, Kim Jung-sook, President of WKIC, explained the history and significance of UN-centric discussions on women's advancement and introduced the parallel events held at UNCSW69 by organizations such as Welcome Clubs International, the Korean Women's Political Culture Institute, and the International Council of Women. Dr. Kim Eun-kyung, a Senior Research Fellow at the Korean Women's Development Institute, shared her observations from UNCSW69, focusing on the main agenda, schedule, and key discussion points. The primary agenda items for UNCSW69 were the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the review and evaluation of the outcomes of the 23rd special session of the General Assembly. Based on these, ministerial roundtables, interactive dialogues, general debates, and NGO sessions were conducted. Six action agendas for Beijing+30 were adopted, specifically including: utilizing technology for equality, freedom from poverty, zero violence, ensuring full and equal decision-making power and restructuring power structures for this purpose, women, peace and security, and climate justice. Additionally, Dr. Kim Eun-kyung summarized and explained five tasks proposed by the Beijing+30 expert group and major NGO events.

A total of 35 people attended the lecture, including WKIC executives and members, female politicians, and heads of public institutions.