다문화 사회의 문제와 대응논리 다문화가족지원센터의 운영 시스템과 역량강화 = A Study on The Management System and The Empowerment of The Multi-cultural Family Support Center

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

With increasing international marriage, Korean society is rapidly moving towards becoming a multi-cultural society these days. Presently, international marriages account for nearly 10 percent of all marriages in Korea. However, many problems which immigrant women faced were pointed out such as malicious marriage brokers similar to human traffickers, conflicts with husbands and their families, communication difficulties and the troubles of economics and nurturing children. Accordingly, in 2004, Korean government conducted the survey on the immigrant women to investigate on their actual life. As a result, in 2006, the government launched the ``Transnational Marriage and Family Support Centers`` and selected 21centers nationwide to develop the systemic programs for the immigrant women to adjust to the community. In 2008, the government enacted the Multi-cultural Family Support Act to enhance the immigrants` social quality of life and contribute to greater social integration. According to the law, the formal name of ``Transnational Marriage and Family Support Center`` is changed into ``The multi-cultural family support center``, and the 200 nationwide centers are actively operating the welfare programs for the multi-cultural families. Recently, although the Multi-cultural Family Support Centers have only the 6-year of history and they were enforced to change their affiliation from to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family to the Ministry of Welfare, and to the Ministry of Women`s Affairs within 6 years, they have constructed nationwide organization and played a crucial role of a center for the multi-culture family supporting business. Now, it`s time to reconsider the role of the Multi-cultural Family Support Center on the basis of needs from the community and society. The Multi-cultural Family Support Center is no longer the supporter of the minorities, but the representative of this society. Therefore, this paper is aimed to investigate on the issue How to empower the Multi-Cultural Family Support Center and suggests some action plans on the basis of analysis on the vehicles of multi-cultural family supporting business, policies of supporting centers, and the operating system management of the present Multi-Cultural Family Support Centers.