Association Overview
Since its establishment in 2017, the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Haenyeo Association has been carrying out various activities to preserve Haenyeo culture and promote Haenyeo rights.
Association Overview
April 25, 2017
As the actual subject of Jeju Haenyeo Culture, a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, and Jeju Haenyeo Fishery, a Korean national important fishery heritage, our association aims to enhance the pride of Jeju Haenyeo and to play a central role in the preservation, transmission, and utilization of Jeju Haenyeo Fishery and cultural heritage, and to do our best to fulfill our role responsibly.
Social service and cultural projects necessary to continuously preserve and develop the haenyeo community of consideration and coexistence
A project to promote exchanges with domestic and international NGOs necessary for the globalization of Jeju Haenyeo fishing and cultural heritage
Marine environment conservation project for ecological coexistence with Jeju sea, the home of female divers
A subsidiary project to achieve the purpose of establishing the corporation, such as promoting mutual friendship and camaraderie among Jeju female divers.
Members of the Haenyeo Association are those who have an address in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province and have been issued a Haenyeo certificate by the Governor (Administrative Mayor) of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. They are divided into regular members (current Haenyeo) and associate members (former Haenyeo). There are currently about 8,000 members, of which about 3,500 are former divers and about 3,000 are current divers.
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It consists of 17 members in total: 1 chairman, 1 vice chairman, 1 secretary general, 2 auditors, and 12 directors.
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2020 Jeju United Jeju Haenyeo Conservation Collaboration
2022 Lasan Group Jeju Haenyeo Promotion and Conservation Collaboration
2024 Easybom Eye Clinic Haenyeo Designated Hospital Agreement
2024 Seoul & Dental Hospital Haenyeo Designated Hospital Agreement
About Us
The association is doing its best to achieve its founding purpose and conducts leadership lectures every year to preserve and pass on the culture of haenyeo. In addition, through capacity building education, it is raising the self-esteem of Jeju haenyeo and striving to preserve the culture. The association president personally lectures on educational programs conducted by local fishing villages and haenyeo schools, and the association is doing its best to pass on and preserve the culture of haenyeo.
In addition, we are continuing to maintain exchanges with female divers from other regions of the country and overseas, thereby recording and understanding the footsteps of Jeju female divers who are disappearing, and striving to provide continuous support and interest in each other's regions.
The Haenyeo Association actively participates in the Jeju Haenyeo Festival (designated date: the third Saturday of September every year) and participates in events nationwide to promote Haenyeo culture, thereby playing a role in spreading the word about Jeju Haenyeo culture.
We will also focus on continuing the tradition of Jeju Haenyeo by taking the lead in training new Haenyeo, and we will listen to the difficulties Haenyeo face in the field, such as selling conches and creating a clean ocean environment, and cooperate with the administration to provide support for Haenyeo. Through this, we are striving to preserve, pass on, and utilize Jeju Haenyeo culture.
Association Organization Chart
Through a clear division of roles for each position, we are contributing to the operation of the association and the preservation of haenyeo culture.
president
1 person
Vice President
1 person
thanks
2 people
move
12 people
History
This is the main history of the association.