Gangdong-gu (Mayor: Lee Hae-Sik) has been receiving attention for its successful establishment of a “Happy Village for Women's Safety” in August 2017. The village promotes the safety of women who are exposed to the dangers of various types of violence at night in Amsa 1-dong.

The project, which was selected through the 2017 Seoul citizens' participating budget, focused on the 112,000 ㎡ area in Amsa 1-dong surrounding the 23 Godeok-ro 24-gil, Gangdong-gu address, based on criminal statistics data from Gangdong Police Station. The project began with a focus on improving this situation after the residents who live in Amsa 1-dong confirmed the high level of fear in dark areas with few people at night through a survey.

In particular, efforts were geared towards creating a safe environment for women by installing various crime prevention facilities suitable for the region, including ‣ voice-recognition emergency alarms and safety lights on ground-floor parking areas of villas ‣ lights on the side roads in front of Amsa Children's Park ‣ logo lights (logojector) in areas with illegal littering problems and areas with few people ‣ solar lights on areas without security lights and in small alleyways, etc.

Gangdong-gu is hoping that residents will be able to get home safely even late at night, and is anticipating a reduction in the rate of theft and crimes such as violence, which have been occurring each year, through the construction of this Happy Village for Women's Safety.
    
Mayor Lee Hae-Sik said, "We created the Happy Village for Women's Safety after contemplating how we could reduce crimes against women, which was consistently increasing each year. We hope that women will feel safer when returning home at night through this project."

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    Villa parking lot safety alarm (voice recognition alarm)

  

                      Lights on side roads of park

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                    Logo light (logojector)

  

                          Solar lights