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¢º Tell me about Women's Federation for World Peace International(hereinafter called WFWPI)?
WFWPI is an NGO founded in 1992 under the control of Ministry of Unification, and has been approved 3 consecutive times since 1997 by United Nations Economic and Social Council as its advisory organ. Only 140 out of 3,400 NGOs under the umbrella of UN are granted the same legal status.
¢º You look very busy. What are you engaging in lately?
We are making efforts to build nurseries, elementary schools, technical training centers, etc in underdeveloped countries to help them stand on their own economically and abolish illiteracy. We continue to carry out "True Home" education and female leadership training courses, believing peace and righteous society can be achieved only through healthy family home.
We also hold the Women's Summit for the Middle East Peace every year, in order to resolve conflicts in the area in the spirit of motherhood.
The UN seminar on the abolition of poverty and racial discrimination, and the prevention of AIDS, held on March and November every year, is also the result of our efforts.
The Workshop for Global Women Leaders, circulating every continent every year, is now in the beautiful tradition of WFWPI.
¢º What effect does the death of Kim Jeong Il, Chairman of the National Defense Commission of North Korea, have on WFWPI?
I have contacted North Korean women leaders for the past 10 years since 2001, and visited North Korea 19 times so far. When I visited it for the first time, I felt so bad to find them living miserable lives. At the same time, however, I thought Reunification is still far away with North Koreans who are always chanting "Dear Comrade Leader!"
On August 2011, after all these years, a fax came in from North Korea, saying they want to continue exchange and cooperation between women of two Koreas for Reunification.
¢º You have extensive personal networks worldwide!
Yes. Over 1600 volunteers are working in over 160 countries. We have a branch office in every continent, and in every country as well, with the headquarters in Korea.
We practice "True Love" by providing various education programs and volunteer work, depending upon the local condition: building orphanages in Mongol, building study rooms in Africa, teaching beauty culture techniques for women finding jobs in Central Asia.
¢º Are you expecting to be busy this year, too?
I am very busy now preparing for the 56th General Assembly for the Commission on the Status of Women, to be held on Feb 27. In line with this meeting, women leaders from all over the world will discuss from various perspectives the subject "Farm Women's Way to Be happy by Being Self-Sufficient" in a forum hosted by WFWPI.
Between Mar. 25 to Mar 27, the 1st General Assembly for Global Women's Peace Network will be held in Korea. Government authorities and VIPs around the world are going to present and discuss subjects on female leadership in the 21st century, Reunification of two Koreas, world peace, etc.
We are running "21st-century female leaders training" courses, too. In addition, I have a plan to hold the 1st General Assembly meeting of Global Women Leaders Networking, and organize women power on a global basis by using our global network.
¢º I used to major in theology.
After graduating from the Department of English Literature at Sukmyung University and the HanShin graduate school of theology, I went to U.S. to get a doctorate degree in theology at University of Chicago. But my fate was to return home in 1994 and take up the post as Secretary General of WFWPI.
It was at SunMoon University that I recently got a doctorate degree in theology, my long-cherished desire. There I studied to incorporate Christian theology into the doctrines of the Korean Unification Church. My over 10 years' experience of teaching theology in colleges seems to have been much help in leading global women's peace movements.
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