Gyung-Lan Jung

South Korea

Tension remains high between the two countries on the Korean peninsula. No longer at war, they are neither at peace. As a trainer at the influential Women Making Peace Conflict Resolution Center, Gyung-Lan Jung conducts sessions in conflict resolution, preparing activists, teachers, and students to work with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to influence policy on internal conflicts. Prior to taking this position, she was chair of the Women Making Peace International Affairs Committee, analyzing and shaping international policy on peace building. Ms. Jung has also been policy director at the organization, making recommendations to the government on issues relating to reunification and gender perspectives. Formerly a researcher at the Christian Institute for the Study of Justice and Development, she has studied extensively reunification and the role of women in North and South Korea. She holds a master’s degree in political science from Korea University and a certificate of completion in advanced conflict resolution from the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University.

Ms. Jung’s peace-building efforts include:

• coordinating the second Reunification Research Committee and the Reunification Information Network at the Christian Institute for the Study of Justice and Development;
• participating in a June 2003 speaking tour, where she met with US congressional representatives, peace and non-proliferation organizations, the Korean-American community, and church groups about the dangers of war on the Korean peninsula;
• making presentations at international meetings, including “Women and Peace Building: Lessons Learned,” “Toward a War-Free World Based on Human Security in the Twenty-First Century,” and “Women Meeting the Challenges of Economic Globalization in Pursuing Alternatives: Development Strategies for Peace in Asia”;
• organizing the “Peace and Solidarity” training program (sponsored by the Office of the Prime Minister), and coordinating conferences on nonviolent conflict resolution, including “Women’s Forum for Peace and Reunification” and “Gender and Peace” (sponsored by the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs);
• coauthoring “The Present Situation of Northern and Southern Women” in The Structure and Reality of 50 Years of Division of Korea (Minjungsa, 1994);
• managing the signature campaign to resolve the North Korean crisis through peaceful means, a joint effort by 11 South Korean NGOs, including Women Making Peace; and
• attending the North and South Korean Women’s Rally in Mt. Kumgang, North Korea, and the North and South Korean Women’s meeting at the North-South Korean Joint Event in Seoul.

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