Guro-gu holds mandatory violence prevention training for senior civil servants

Guro-gu held its 2026 integrated violence prevention training Wednesday at the fifth-floor auditorium of the district office, targeting the district mayor and senior civil servants at the fifth grade or above.

The session is a legally mandated training covering the four major categories of violence — sexual harassment, prostitution, sexual assault and domestic violence. It was designed to strengthen the responsibilities and roles of agency heads and senior officials, who have an outsized influence on organizational culture, and to build a healthier public-service environment.

Yom Geon-ryeong, director of the Korea Institute of Criminology, led the four-hour session. It covered the types and prevention of the four categories of violence, as well as digital sex crimes, stalking, dating violence and responses to secondary victimization.

The training also examined the spread of gender-equal culture and the role managers play in advancing it.

Guro-gu District Mayor Jang said violence prevention goes beyond simply completing a training course. "It starts with building an organizational culture of mutual respect and consideration," Jang said. "Starting with agency heads and senior officials taking the lead, we will create a gender-equal and safe working environment and work toward a healthy public service where every employee is respected."

Through the training, Guro-gu plans to raise awareness of violence prevention among senior civil servants and work to establish a safe and healthy organizational culture grounded in mutual respect and gender equality.