Seong Dae Geun, CEO Of The Korea Institute For Education & Evaluation Advancement, supports the spread of the "Human Rights Promotion of the Mentally Handicapped in Northeast Asia" movement

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Seong Dae Geun, CEO Of The Korea Institute For Education & Evaluation …

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Seong Dae Geun, CEO Of The Korea Institute For Education & Evaluation Advancement, said he attended the "International Conference and Exchange Meeting to Promote Human Rights of the Mentally Handicapped in Northeast Asia and Spread the Movement of Parties" held at Ulaanbaatar Playground in Mongolia and Zoom Webinar.

The "International Conference and Exchange Meeting for the Promotion of Human Rights of the Mentally Handicapped in Northeast Asia and the Spread of Party Movement" was held from July 4 (Mon) to July 5 (Tue) at the Ulaanbaatar Playground venue in Mongolia through simultaneous interpretation and transmission.

The event was organized as a venue to share the current status of human rights and movements of mentally disabled people and discuss cooperation between the three countries with friendly experts from Korea, Japan, and Mongolia in Northeast Asia.

Sponsored by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Disabled People's Development Institute, the Hokkaido Medical University, Japan's Ulaanbaatar University, and Universal Progress participated in the exchange as partners of Songpa Mental Disability Fellow Support Center, Mapo Mental Disability Center, Seoul Social Welfare Law Center, and Bethel.

On the first day, it opened with the opening speech of Kim Sung-jae, chairman of the Institute for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and Bae Jin-young, a researcher at the Center for Social Integration for the Disabled, hosted the event.

Kim Do-hee, a lawyer at the Seoul Social Welfare Law Center, B.Sukh-Ochir, and Kaori Okuda, a professor of social welfare at the University of Ulaanbaatar, and a professor of mental disability, defended the issue of Korea, Japan and Mongolia.

Subsequently, in the second session, the spread of alternative mental health movements and cooperation measures in Korea, Mongolia, and Japan were presented on the 'current status of alternative movements and welfare services for mentally disabled people in each country.

On the second day of the conference, Shin Seok-cheol, head of Songpa Mental Disability Support Center, N.Tamirkhvv manager, and Noriyuki Ito, a Bethel home activist, presented the trend and direction of mental disability movements in Korea, Mongolia, and Japan.

Seong Dae Geun, CEO Of The Korea Institute For Education & Evaluation Advancement, said, "It is very meaningful to attend an international conference to promote the human rights of the mentally disabled in Northeast Asia and to discuss ways to support them." We will work harder on educational activities to improve the concept and social awareness of the mentally handicapped so that not only the rights of the disabled but also the personal rights of the mentally handicapped can be improved and their human lives can be improved for the development of the country and society," he said.



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