Minister of Gender Equality and Family candidate Kang Sun-woo: ”I hope that my body and mind will turn to a lower level” (South Korea)

Kang Sun-woo, a member of the Democratic Party, has been nominated as the first Minister of Gender Equality and Family for the Lee Jae-myung administration. Kang will take over the post after the longest ministerial vacancy in history, which has lasted 16 months.
The ministry is now tasked with resolving the current situation and steadily promoting the expansion and reorganization of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family into the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.
Kang, who was nominated as the Minister of Gender Equality and Family on the 23rd, is considered an expert on health and welfare. She joined the Democratic Party in 2016 and is a member of the Democratic Party of Korea.
After joining the party, he served as deputy spokesman for the party, and later served as a specialist member of the National Education Council and a standing member of the Democratic and Peaceful Unification Advisory Council.
In 2020, she was elected as a member of the 21st National Assembly and serves as a member of the Welfare Committee, Steering Committee, and Women and Family Committee.
Since beginning his term as the 22nd Diet member, he served as the opposition party secretary of the Health and Welfare Committee in the first half of his term, leading the ruling and opposition parties to reach an agreement on the Nursing Care Act, and from March of this year, he has been the chairman of the Special Committee on Pension Reform.
She has been involved in legislative activities related to the Child Welfare Act, Youth Welfare Support Act, and Disabled Persons Welfare Act.
In 2022, the tragedy of parents making extreme choices after killing their children with developmental disabilities will be repeated, and Rep. Kang said, "We will take measures against the tragedy of developmental disabilities.
The 22nd National Assembly also prepared a resolution calling for the preparation of a new policy, which was jointly proposed by 178 ruling and opposition party lawmakers.
She proposed a bill to amend the Child Welfare Act to allow for the management of statistics related to child abuse. In her speech distributed through the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family on the same day, Rep. Kang said, “The lower the place, the harder it is.
"When I want to tell someone about my today and tomorrow, I kneel down next to them, lean forward and listen attentively," she said.
"I will pour everything into embracing the words you have given me as hope," he added. "I want to give my beloved people the hope that 'tomorrow will be better,' and turn that hope into a firm 'policy.'
"I will do my best and sincerely to pave the way for these policies to take root in everyday life and grow."
He added, "Right now, at this very moment, I want to help each and every citizen who is enduring harsh living conditions.
We will strive to make the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family of the Lee Jae-myung administration one that is warm and welcoming."