Project Description
Study on Gender-Equal Company Culture
GingerTProject and the Seoul Gender Equality Activity Support Center conducted a 6 month project from May to October 2018 to diagnose the perception of gender equality across members of civil society organizations and present a guide on gender-equal business culture.
Through interviews, we heard about the current struggles companies face regarding gender and what needs to be done to raise awareness and sensitivity. We wrote a dialogue guide which helps people safely discuss gender equality within their organizations.

Project Processes
- In a culture where gender equality is a difficult topic, 14 activists gathered to share their experiences, concerns, and ideas.
- We created and distributed the “Meaningful Dialogue Guide for a Gender-equal Workplace Culture” in hopes that change could emerge first through healthy, productive dialogue.
Project Insights
- Change requires the courage to face conflict.
- Speaking about discomfort is not a means to resolution. Beyond superficial understanding and passive empathy, we need to interpret, coordinate, and act on discomfort to create meaningful progress.
- Organizations should ideally start with discussing why having a gender-equal company culture is important in the first place. After that, they should think about the “how” and implement these efforts in everyday life.