Ministry of Gender Equality and Family to Operate Women's Emergency Line 1366 and Youth Counseling 1388 in Full During Chuseok Holiday

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (Minister Won Min-kyung) announced that it will operate the Women's Emergency Line 1366, Youth Counseling 1388, and the Danuri Call Center (1577-1366) 24 hours a day throughout the Chuseok holiday period to seamlessly support livelihood stabilization services.

Among the major livelihood stabilization services operating during the Chuseok holiday period, (violence victim protection and support) major facilities will operate normally 24 hours a day, with plans to protect and support violence victims swiftly and without interruption.

The 19 1366 centers will operate 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, providing initial counseling for violence victims and emergency protection, as well as rapidly providing services linked to protection facilities and victim support centers.

Additionally, through the Sunflower Centers, 24-hour counseling, medical, legal, and investigative integrated services will be provided to victims of sexual violence, domestic violence, and sexual exploitation.

Meanwhile, the Digital Sexual Crime Victim Support Center will operate normally (9-6 p.m.) to provide systematic assistance to victims of digital sexual crimes, such as illegal filming, through counseling, support for deletion of victim videos, and investigative, legal, and medical support.

During the Chuseok holiday period, to protect at-risk youth, including those outside the home, 139 youth shelters nationwide will normally provide counseling and living protection services (food and housing, medical support, institutional referrals, etc.), and Youth Counseling 1388 will operate 24 hours a day.

Additionally, family counseling hotline (1577-4206) for counseling on pregnancy and childbirth, single-parent families, and general family issues, as well as psychological and emotional support counseling, will operate normally. The Danuri Call Center (1577-1366) will also operate 24 hours a day, providing support in 15 languages to multicultural families and migrant women regarding couple and family conflict counseling, Korean living information, and other services.

To address childcare gaps for dual-income and single-parent households that work during the holiday period, child care services will operate normally. While a 50% surcharge is added on public holidays, to reduce the cost burden on users, the weekday rate (12,790 won per hour) will be applied during the Chuseok holiday (Sept. 24-27).

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