OREANDA-NEWS. September 19, 2013. POSCO signed a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (Minister Cho Yunseon) at the Seoul POSCO Center, with aims to lead a society where women, teenagers, and families are safe and happy.

With the agreement, POSCO will proactively facilitate projects that support protecting runaway teenagers, re-employment of women having experienced career breaks, and multi-cultural families, playing a role in realizing the values of sharing, communication, and happiness which are necessary for a true era of happiness for the people.

First, the runaway teen protection project will provide shelter for runaway teens and temporary protection while helping them to return to families and society through counseling. In addition, education and cultural activities will be supported for the runaway teens. POSCO will build a new shelter using a steel or modular house and subsequently donate it.

The project supporting re-employment of women having experienced career breaks involves remodeling the aged education space of the ``New Employment Center for Women (referred to as `New Employment Center`)`` and improving education and consultation environments to help in re-employment. Twenty New Employment Centers nationwide will undergo renovation.

Lastly, the multi-cultural family children support project aims to help children of multi-cultural families who are experiencing difficulties due to family breakup grow without social prejudice or discrimination within society.

At the signing ceremony, CEO Chung Joonyang said, ``Just as the MOU projects signed with the Ministry of Gender Quality and Family back in 2010 were successfully completed through helping multi-cultural families settle in Korea, we will make efforts to have these projects become good models of private-public cooperation.``

Minister Cho Yunseon of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family also replied, stating ``This cooperation is a great example of POSCO, which has grown to become a leading global company under the value of patriotism through steelmaking, exemplifying global class noblesse oblige in the social contribution sector. POSCO`s support will be of great strength in the government`s support projects for women, teenagers, and families.``

Meanwhile, Minister Cho Yunseon, who also participated in the expansion ceremony of the day care center at the POSCO Center, requested, ``POSCO`s day care center is a model operation of a workplace childcare facility where women can balance work and family. I ask for your efforts so that this day care center, which is a reflection of POSCO`s happiness management, can continue to be a leading model of workplace childcare facilities.``