Students at Dongduk Women’s University protest against plans to transform the institution into a co-educational university, in Seoul on November 20, 2024. YONHAP/EPA/MAXPPP The Dongduk campus in northern Seoul has it all of a battlefield. Tags call for the resignation of the president of the establishment, Kim Myung-ae. In front of one of the entrances, funeral wreaths were placed, bearing the words: “No to dictatorship. » For several weeks, this university for women as well as that of Sungshin have been mobilizing against any opening to diversity. An affair which turns into a political tussle in a South Korea undermined by the conflict between men and women. As the snow falls on the capital at the end of November, two students pass by, freezing. “We don’t want to respond to journalists. The media say anything about us,” slips one of them, while her friend emphasizes that the problem “is a question of a decision taken unilaterally, which calls into question the philosophy and values of the university” . The affair began on November 4, when the private establishment created in 1950 and strictly reserved for women announced discussions with a view to admitting male students. Faced with a decline in the number of female students in a country with accelerated demographic decline, private establishments are looking for ways to recruit new students. Several scandals Dissatisfied, the students occupied the main building and began a boycott of classes. They lined the university square with jackets flocked with the name of the establishment. Some tried to force their way into the president’s office. The police had to intervene. “We demand that the school officially end its discussions on transforming Dongduk Women’s University into a co-educational institution,” called an “emergency committee,” made up of the university’s student council and the club feminist student Siren. The mobilization extended to Sungshin University, also in Seoul, whose international admission guidelines were changed to mean that “students can enroll in the International School of Korean Culture and Technology regardless of gender.” Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers In South Korea, a youth disillusioned and undermined by conflicts Read later Lee Song-yi, co-chair of the Dongduk emergency committee, said the female students were angry following several scandals, including the sexual assault of a student by a professor. “Outside our establishment, there are cases such as the murder of a young girl by her medical student boyfriend or the assault of a woman by a man because she had short hair,” he said. -she declared, confirming that the students wish to maintain what they consider to be a safe environment for learning. You have 47.35% of this article left to read. The rest is reserved for subscribers.
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Publish date : 2024-11-30 14:37:40
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