Mongolia and the Republic of Korea Hold Joint Conference on “Women’s Policy and Social Development”

The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Protection of Mongolia, in cooperation with the Social Policy Research Institute of the Republic of Korea, Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Women and Family Foundation, Gyeongbuk Happiness Foundation, International Ulaanbaatar University, and the Women Leaders Foundation, organized a joint academic and practical conference on “Women’s Policy and Social Development.”

The conference addressed interconnected issues concerning women’s social protection, employment, safety, gender equality, and family well-being, providing a platform for participants to exchange experiences, share perspectives, and discuss potential solutions.

Today, countries around the world are facing major demographic and social changes, including declining birth rates, population ageing, transformations in labour markets, and changing family structures and lifestyles.

Mongolia is also facing these challenges. In particular, increasing women’s participation in the labour force while creating conditions that enable women to balance childcare, family responsibilities, and employment, as well as ensuring women’s safety and preventing domestic violence, have become key policy priorities.

In this context, participants emphasized the need to view women’s policy not simply as a policy focused on women, but as an integrated policy closely linked to family, children, employment, social protection, and demographic policies.

The Republic of Korea has been actively addressing issues such as declining birth rates, population ageing, women’s employment, childcare, and work–life balance at the policy level, while integrating research, policymaking, and service delivery to develop comprehensive responses to these challenges.

The academic and practical conference served not only as a platform for information and experience sharing, but also as a productive opportunity to discuss future cooperation and practical solutions to shared social challenges.