[2025 Women Leaders Forum] Minister Won Minkyoung: "Gender Equality Is a Core Factor Determining Corporate Competitiveness"

Congratulatory Address at the 2025 Asia Business Daily Women Leaders Forum
"We Will Encourage the Expansion of Gender Equality Culture in Companies"

Won Minkyoung, Minister of Gender Equality and Family, emphasized, "Gender equality is not only a matter of human rights but also a core factor that determines a company's growth and competitiveness."

Won Minkyoung, Minister of Gender Equality and Family, is delivering a congratulatory speech at the "2025 Women Leaders Forum" hosted by The Asia Business Daily at Lotte Hotel, Jung-gu, Seoul on November 6, 2025. Photo by Kim Hyunmin

On November 6, at the "2025 Women Leaders Forum" hosted by The Asia Business Daily and held at Lotte Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul, Minister Won stated in her congratulatory speech, "Research shows that companies that implement gender equality throughout their management processes-including recruitment, compensation, and promotion-are more likely to make high-quality decisions and achieve greater profitability."

She continued, "The more diversity is brought together, the more creative and resilient to change the organization becomes." She added, "I would like to extend special thanks and congratulations to the companies selected as outstanding performers in the Asia Gender Equality Index as a result of their efforts to promote gender equality and a culture of work-life balance."

Minister Won began her term as the first Minister of Gender Equality and Family under the Lee Jaemyung administration on September 10. She has taken on the important role of rebuilding the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, which had been under threat of abolition, and expanding and reorganizing it into the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family. Since 2016, The Asia Business Daily has been selecting and awarding outstanding companies that have contributed to the promotion of a work-life balance culture, based on a comprehensive analysis of the number of full-time employees, average years of service, and each company's ESG business reports.

She also outlined the future tasks and commitment of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family for the realization of gender equality. Minister Won said, "The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family will make every effort to ensure that the culture and values of gender equality take root in our society." She continued, "We will implement a variety of policies to encourage companies to actively adopt equal pay disclosure systems, support for women whose careers have been interrupted, and diversity education within organizations." She concluded by expressing her hope that "the government, businesses, and civil society will come together at the center of gender equality to discuss and spread sustainable growth strategies."

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