Vaccine Inequality and Democracy

Date

May, 19th 202216:00-18:00

Venue

Room 214

Language

Korean-English Simultaneous Interpretation

Session Introduction

The global pandemic of the last three years has left many wounds. One of the most severe aftereffects is the inequality in having access to vaccines for the COVID-19. Numerous people with mild symptoms have passed away in developing countries with vulnerable health and sanitation systems. In addition, the citizens of poor countries with precarious healthcare systems have suffered from demanding access to health services. Inequality during the pandemic has been ongoing. Peace and coexistence on the global level have lost meaning and become useless with the unprecedented pandemic and the selfish approach of the pharmaceutical companies based on nationalism in the powerful nations. This session aims to create a space to discuss the relationship between COVID-19 and democracy. Furthermore, in this session, we discuss to whom we need to require to hold accountability for aggravating poverty and disease over the past three years, the effects of the pandemic on democracy, and potential solutions in a civil society.

Host

May 18 Memorial Foundation

Speech Title

Moderator : Mr. Joo-Ho Lee (Policy Research Director of the Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union)

• Ending vaccines apartheid and a multinational pharmaceutical firm's profiteering ( Ms. Dorothy Grace Guerrero, Head of Policy, Global Justice Now)
• The International Development Cooperation Activities and Roles of Korean Government and NGOs for Developing Countries’ COVID-19 Pandemic Management (Mr. Dae-Shik Jo, Secretary-General of Korea NGO Council for Overseas Development Cooperation)
• South Korea’s COVID-19 Crisis Management: Prevention, Social Policy, and Public Health (Mr. Seoc-Kyun Woo, Co-Chairperson of Korean Federation of Medical Groups for Health Rights)

Poster

Speakers

• 
  Mr. Joo-Ho Lee
  Policy Research Director of the Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union
• 
  Ms. Dorothy Grace Guerrero
  Head of Policy, Global Justice Now
• 
  Mr. Dae-Shik Jo
  Secretary-General of Korea NGO Council for Overseas Development Cooperation
• 
  Mr. Seoc-Kyun Woo
  Co-Chairperson of Korean Federation of Medical Groups for Health Rights