Youngsook CHO

President, Center for Women’s Human Rights

heycho@stop.or.kr

Ms. Cho is a long time experienced human rights activist in the areas of
women’s movement, labor movement and civil society movement. Ever
since she has involved in student movement in 1980, she has advocated in
many women’s rights issues such as violence against women, discrimination
against women in the family life and labor market to accomplish gender
equal society. Not only women’s movement activist but also civil society
movement organizer, she has involved and organized in many civil actions
to represent women’s aspiration for better environmentally peaceful and
democratic society building based on solidarity amongst different civic
groups. Recently she’s in charge of domestic and international cooperation
to eliminate sexual trafficking and demand of prostitution to prevent victims
of sexual exploitation especially for women and children.

The following is her working careers and lists of activism what she has
involved and accomplished with many other activists in Korea.

Organizational Experiences
- Student Movement Activist 1980~1982
- Labor Movement Activist 1983~1987
- Director, Incheon Women Workers’ Association 1988~1992
- Policy Director/Secretary General, Korea Women’s Associations United
1996~2005
- President, Center for Women’s Human Rights 2005~now

Activism involved and accomplished in the women’s movement

- Act on the Equal Employment
- Act on the Public Childcare
- Act on the Prevention of Sexual Violence
- Act on the Prevention of Domestic Violence
- Act on the Prevention of Prostitution
- Act on the Equal Family Surname System

Activism involved in the international solidarity

- Regional Council Committee Member, Asia Pacific Women, Law and
 Development 1998~now
- Board of Treasury Member, Coalition Against Trafficking in Women Asia-
Pacific 2005~now