Asia-Pacific Greens Federation

South Korea held its general elections during the past month. It was the first election after the voting age was lowered to 18 and an improvement was made to the electoral system, increasing proportional representation - both of which were achievements we had fought hard for. It was also the first time our party carried out the She Will Run project, officially launched a year before election day. Hearing of exciting results from many of you around the world and with attention to the climate crisis on the rise (although we still stand far from where we should be), our hopes for this election was also growing.

Green Party Korea's women candidate incubating campaign "She Will Run" is receiving great attention - it is a year-long candidate training program to systematically create politicians who will represent the Greens and reach the political front as a candidate in the general election to be held on 15 April 2020. The training includes practical campaigning techniques such as how to effectively narrow down political messages, develop a campaign image, deliver a speech, articulate in a debate, link one's story to policy and effectively communicate it to voters, and how to organize an election camp and cooperate with team members.