South Korea ranked ninth highest in the quality of roads ranking, in which the quality of driving and its safety of a country is numerically measured. In contrast to its high position in the ranking, drivers in Korea experience contrasting driving conditions based on their sex. “Madam Kim” is a Kore

The coronavirus does not discriminate, but as seen in a report by the Korea Development Institute (KDI), the employment rate of women aged 25 to 54 plummeted by 541,000, which was about 1.7 times that of men. This is largely due to the decline in the employment rate of married women, who were vulner

Oxford is one of the most respected universities in the world with a rich history of educating history’s finest minds. Over time, the university has accumulated vast stores of knowledge that has largely been kept away from the public. It was not until when Dr. Kim Sung- hee, the director and co-foun

Arirang TV, known as one of the most popular English speaking broadcast stations in Korea, often promotes Korea and Korean culture to foreigners living in Korea and also abroad. While Arirang TV shows such as Catchy Korea are some of the main programs that expose Korea and Korean culture to foreigne

Ewha Institute for the Humanities held the 134th colloquium online on April 30. Students interested in the event were able to participate in the colloquium through Zoom. The theme of the colloquium was Women- Science-Fiction: Feminism in Korean Science Fiction. Noh Dae-won, the host of the colloquiu

Career Development Center held Ewha Mentoring Day with mentors working in public institutions on April 30 via live streaming on YouTube. Two sessions of mentoring were conducted by three Ewha alumnae working in public organizations. The first session covered basic information on Seoul Tourism Organi

Career Development Center held Road to Public Officials online on April 29. The program aims to offer substantive information for students preparing to apply for public officials. An Ewha alumna who previously passed the Level 5 Public Officer Qualification Exam hosted a mentoring session via Zoom.

Ewha Career Development Center newly established a one-on-one science and engineering clinic to support more specialized employment of Ewha students in March. Students majoring in science and engineering, who have attended more than seven semesters, can receive one-on- one recruitment documents or j

Korean Women’s Institute held the first session of 2021 Women’s Studies Lecture on April 30 under the theme of gender crises caused by COVID-19 and the ways to help the society care about ecological environment. Kim Hyun- mee, a professor from the Department of Cultural Anthropology at Yonsei Univer

Six students at Ewha gathered and founded a vegan bakery called “Planet-V130.” The team operated the bakery on the first floor of Sinchon Boxsquare from April 1 to 29. The six members were from different majors including Food Science and Engineering, Environmental Science and Engineering, and Divisi

Career Development Center held 2021-1 Public Enterprise EDU program from May 6 via Zoom. There are a total of four classes in this program, each focusing on different ways to prepare for the National Competency Standards (NCS.) The program is aimed to support students preparing for an open recruitme

Ewha Office of Information and Communications launched a new Ewha Womans University app that combines different existing apps, such as the Ewha Home app and Ewha mobile ID card app, into one on May 3. The new app provides integrated mobile services, including mobile ID cards, customized announcement

Asian Center for Women’s Studies held an English online seminar, International Workshop on Curriculum Development for Asian Women’s Studies, onMay6viaZoom.Itwasan opportunity for students to learn about gender and mitigation from Asian perspectives. Professor Lan Pei-Chia from National Taiwan Univer

The Graduate School of Teaching Foreign Languages (TFL) hosted the fourth lecture of 2021 spring semester lectures series on April 29 via Zoom. Two mentors who received master’s degrees in TKSOL (Teaching Korean to Speakers of Other Languages) shared tips on entering a doctoral program and building

On April 4, commemorating the 41st National Disabled Persons’ Day, Ewha was awarded first prize for best supporting institution for disabled college students. Ewha Voice interviewed Researcher Ko Yoon- ja of Ewha’s Support Center for Students with Disabilities (SCDC) to hear about the services that

#MeToo happened to be not just a moment but an era. In many countries overseas, the #MeToo movement led to the #ChurchToo movement, which accuses sexual violence within churches. However, in Korean society, the #ChurchToo movement faced cultural and institutional barriers of the Christian communitie

A new version of “On Your Way” by JoA Project was released on April 6. Last year, the song won first place in the 8th Idea Promotion Contest for its high-quality production and encouraging lyrics. For this year’s version, JoA Project collaborated with EWHA With U, a club established to promote Ewha

Three years after Korea was freed from Japanese occupation of World War II, the people of Jeju Island firmly opposed the 1948 South Korean Constitutional Assembly election. They were certain that this was a deliberate move from the U.S. backing the South Korean government to divide the Korean penins

Over a decade during World War II, Japanese military forces forced women from occupied countries, including Korea, into sex slavery. So-called “comfort stations” were set up where acts of sexual violence and torture were committed to “comfort women.” This went undocumented for more than decades afte