discrimination rooted in everyday life in consultation with pertinent institutions.
We formed a disability-based discrimination monitoring panel of 48 members and, starting
in June, checked the operation of convenience facilities rightfully deserved by persons
with disabilities and the status of accessibility to facilities for persons with disabilities at 50
expressway rest stops, 17 sports stadiums in Seoul and Incheon, and nine tourist destinations
and tourist complexes in Gangwon-do. We delivered the monitoring results to the institutions
in charge and demanded improvement plans. The 17 stadiums in Seoul and Incheon and three
tourist destinations and tourist complexes in Gangwon-do submitted improvement plans. The
public corporation in charge immediately upgraded accessibility for the vision-impaired for
its mobile app for rest stop users (hi-Shimmaru). We announced our plan to provide disability
awareness education to staff members at over 190 rest stops across the nation and create a
standard manual for personal services.
Staging a Series of Seminars in Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of
the Enforcement of the Disability Discrimination Prohibition Act
We staged a series of seminars across the nation in celebration of the 10th anniversary of
the enforcement of the Disability Discrimination Prohibition Act. We toured six cities starting
from Muan on April 11 followed by Daegu on April 13, Wonju on April 16, Seoul on April 17,
Daejeon on April 18, and Changwon on April 19.
The Seoul seminar dealt with the rights to cultural activities and tourism of persons with
disabilities, the Changwon seminar with the assessment of the implementation status of
the Disability Discrimination Prohibition Act and human rights issues facing persons with
disabilities, the Muan seminar with local human rights issues such as the human rights
conditions of women with disabilities, the Daegu seminar with policy recommendations for the
promotion of the human rights of persons with disabilities, the Daejeon seminar with the #Me
Too movement of persons with disabilities, and the Wonju seminar with the right to mobility of
persons with disabilities.
Holding a Presentation on the Results of the Factual Survey on the Living
Conditions of persons with disabilities in Institutions and Seminar
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