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The Persecution of Activists at Dongduk Women’s University

Founded by the pioneering educator Dr. Lee Tai-soon in 1950, Dongduk Women’s University was established with the vision of empowering womyn through education in a time when opportunities for womyn were limited. Originally starting as a small womyn’s college, the institution grew rapidly, expanding its programs and facilities to meet the evolving needs of Korean society. Over the decades, the university has maintained a strong focus on cultivating strong female leaders and professionals in various fields, contributing significantly to the advancement of womyn in South Korea.

Womyn’s education in South Korea has undergone a dramatic transformation, particularly in the 20th century. In the early years of the Korean Empire and under Japanese rule, educational opportunities for womyn were limited, with traditional gender roles strongly restricting their access to schooling. However, after the Korean War and during the rapid modernization of the 1960s and 1970s, womyn’s access to education expanded significantly. The establishment of universities like Dongduk Women's University in the 1950s was a pivotal moment—as it provided a platform for women to pursue higher education and contribute to the country’s economic and social development. Today, South Korea has one of the highest rates of female higher education enrollment in the world, symbolizing the importance of womyn’s education, and the impact it could have of womyn’s mobility in society.

On the date of November 4th, the University announced that it would begin opening its doors to male students (co-ed integration). This comes on the tail end of complaints about the decreasing birth rates in the country—blaming womyn for having “too many options” and “losing sight of the family.”

Recently, there has been controversy in Asia regarding co-ed universities sabotaging womyn’s education, and lowering their examinations scores in order to secure apprenticeships and sufficient employment opportunities for the male students.

Since November 11th, the female students protested valiantly using methods like occupying the buildings and offices, crashing the registration website, and reaching out to international journalists to help them tell their story.

THESE TACTICS HAVE WORKED…FOR NOW.

But a temporary victory is not enough. Our sisters in Korea are facing huge cultural backlash against advancements made in favor of female people in law, the economy, and in education. They’re asking us to help them continue to apply pressure on Dongduk Women’s University, until an official decision is made.

Dongduk Women's University has announced it will temporarily pause co-ed discussions as of now while promising it will include students if it were to start discussions again.

The problem is, Korea is extremely hostile to womyn and Feminists. Male supremacist groups and local terrorists have begun tracking and reporting activists to police in order to have them arrested—sabotaging their mission to try and protect their education. They threaten the female students with violence, rape, bombings, arson, and doxxing in order erase them into silence.

The University’s administration even saw fit to coerce its female students for citing financial issues to which these womyn will be vulnerable.

Two men had even snuck onto university grounds, and it is still unknown what their intentions were outside of generally terrorizing the students.

Representative Lee Jun-seok indirectly sided with the men’s groups in a statement to the media, claiming that womyn’s universities are no longer a necessity, and that the female students should be grateful to integrate with males, despite high rates of sex based violence in co-ed universities.

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