Women's Leadership, the Future of Sports, Gyeonggi-do Sports Council, and Women's Sports Leaders Forum
Apr 23, 2025
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On the 22nd, female athletes representing 31 cities and counties in Gyeonggi-do attended the forum held in the conference room on the 10th floor of the Gyeonggi-do Sports Center to put their heads together for the development of women's sports. Female athletes appointed as forum members will play various roles in the future, including ▶ Strengthen exchanges and communication between female athletes ▶ Propose practical opinions on local sports policies ▶ Find next-generation female leaders ▶ Spread the foundation for women's participation in sports.
The forum began with Park Sung-bae, a professor at Anyang University,'s keynote lecture 'Designing the Future of Women's Leadership, Sports Policy' In-depth suggestions on policy tasks and expanding the role of female leaders in the changing sports environment followed. Professor Park emphasized the need to expand opportunities for female athletes to participate, foster female coaches and referees, recruit female talents in sports administration, and create a culture of women's participation in sports from youth.
In the ensuing 'story sharing' session, female leaders in the field were speakers and shared their experiences, challenges, and achievements in TED style, drawing great sympathy. Ha Eun-joo, CEO of Layup Reconditioning Center, shared her experience of overcoming uncertainties faced in sports and life under the theme of 'Power to Beat Uncertainty' and Kim Kwang-yeon, CEO of U-Bio, introduced the importance of empathy ability in sports guidance and organizations under the theme of 'Empathy Training" and actual field communication and empathy cases.
Choi Yoon-jung, director of the Korea Institute for Emotional Education, emphasized that quiet but solid self-esteem is the core of women's leadership under the theme of `Silent but Strong Power, Self-esteem' and delivered a message of self-confidence and growth. Ahn Kook-hee, Chairman of the DoDREAM Sports Association
Under the theme of 'The path I walked, the path I will walk', she shared her challenges as a female athlete, her growth history, and her visions and goals for the future. Na Jun-mo, director of the Charm Oriental Medicine Hospital, emphasized the importance of sports and health, health care for female athletes, and prevention of obesity under the theme of 'obesity'.
Lee Won-sung, Chairman of the Gyeonggi-do Provincial Sports Council, said "This is a new starting point where you, female athletes in Gyeonggi-do Province, are together as the main agents of local sports."We expect the forum to be a platform to strengthen the connection between female athletes and to be the center of policy proposals and leadership training" The Gyeonggi Sports Council added that the Women's Sports Leaders Forum will continue to serve as a bridge between the policy site and the sports site, and actively support practical activities to create a sustainable women's sports environment.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
