Jiwon Ok

People Power Party (PPP, Republic of Korea)

 

20 March 2025 at 18:30 (Tokyo)

Temple University Japan Room 309

1-14-29 Taishido, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

東京都世田谷区太子堂1-14-29

By train: Sangenjaya Station/三軒茶屋駅

Exit South A/南口A

RSVP: rdujarric@temple.edu

Temple University Japan and the Yokosuka Council on Asia Pacific Studies (YCAPS) are happy to welcome Jiwon Ok, a young PPP politician, for our next Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue as she discusses the pressing issues surrounding gender equality in South Korea. Her experience and perspective as a young female politician in the country offers a unique opportunity. Her presentation will shed light on the challenges that persist and explore potential avenues for progress.

 

Jiwon Ok is a young politician in South Korea's People Power Party (PPP). Jiwon studied Economics at Cornell University and holds a master's in International Relations from Tsinghua University in China. She is passionate about addressing the declining birthrate in South Korea and improving gender equality in the workplace. South Korea's economy is highly developed, but its gender equality index is low. Even in the face of political attacks and cyber-bullying from young males who labeled her 'feminist', she stood her ground and is forging a future for herself to become a young female conservative politician.

Moderators:

Robert Dujarric (Temple University Japan) and William Winberg (YCAPS).