 Gyeonggido Counseling Center for Migrant Women holds first-anniversary performance report meeting on September 1
– Provided a total of 6,101 counseling sessions to 712 migrant women
– Established a professional support system, including a 17-member legal support team and a 33-member interpretation and translation support team
 Confirmed the need for comprehensive support addressing violence, immigration status, family, children, and other interconnected challenges
 Expressed its plan to establish an additional counseling hub in northern Gyeonggi and strengthen access to counseling and support for less commonly spoken languages
Gyeonggi-do held a performance report meeting at the Gyeonggido Assembly on September 1 to mark the first anniversary of the Gyeonggido Counseling Center for Migrant Women. Participants reviewed the center’s achievements over the past year and explored ways to further develop the support system for migrant women who have experienced violence.
According to statistics released by the center, a total of 712 migrant women received 6,101 counseling sessions between August 2025 and June 2026.
Counseling cases frequently involved a combination of domestic and other forms of violence, immigration status and nationality issues, family and children-related concerns, and everyday difficulties. These cases underscored the importance of providing comprehensive support tailored to individual circumstances and strengthening coordination among relevant organizations.
The Gyeonggido Counseling Center for Migrant Women provides multilingual counseling to migrant women who have experienced violence and their families, regardless of their immigration status. It also connects them with appropriate professional organizations and community resources based on their circumstances and needs.
In particular, the center serves migrant women from a wide range of immigration backgrounds, including marriage migrants, naturalized citizens, undocumented migrants, asylum seekers, humanitarian status holders, and migrant women admitted under the Employment Permit System. It therefore plays an important role in identifying and supporting migrant women whose experiences of violence might otherwise be overlooked by existing support systems.
Over the past year, the center has also laid the groundwork for strengthening professional counseling and support. It formed a 17-member legal support team that conducted 64 legal consultations and a 33-member interpretation and translation support team that provided services on 97 occasions. These initiatives have helped improve the accuracy and reliability of the center’s counseling services.
The center also established a network of organizations that support migrant women who have experienced violence, strengthening information sharing and interorganizational cooperation. This has laid the foundation for a coordinated response network capable of quickly connecting migrant women with specialized organizations and community resources across the province.
“We plan to actively consider practical measures to improve access to counseling for migrant women in northern Gyeonggi, including establishing an additional counseling hub, while creating the conditions needed to support these measures,” said Kim Seong-hwan, Head of Gyeonggi-do’s Immigration Society Support Division. “We will also increase public awareness of the counseling center and expand interpretation and translation support in less commonly spoken languages, steadily reducing the gaps in support identified in the field.”
Building on the achievements and feedback from the field presented at the first-anniversary performance report meeting, Gyeonggi-do plans to improve access to support for migrant women who have experienced violence. It will also continue helping the Gyeonggido Counseling Center for Migrant Women establish itself as a hub connecting migrant women with specialized organizations in their communities.