Ewha Institute for Leadership Development
Established in September 2003, the Ewha Institute for Leadership Development at Ewha Womans University is South Korea’s first educational institute for fostering core female leadership by providing focused education on female leadership development.
The objective of the Ewha Institute for Leadership Development (EILD) is the individual and collective empowerment of current and prospective women leaders in business, politics, government, and professional and civic organizations. By broadening vision, honing leadership competency, and strengthening networks, women leaders can become empowered to make a difference in their communities and in society in general.
EILD recognizes that women’s leadership and feminist values have a positive impact on our male and our female contemporaries. Effective leaders must be equally firm and gentle, principled and flexible, participatory and initiatory, stable and progressive, resolute and caring.
As a unique institution of Ewha Womans University, EILD will further make its contribution to society by sharing the universities’ 135-year academic heritage with women from emerging generations.
Vision and Mission
VALUE
Women are valuable resources for leading
the global era
EILD focuses on female potential.
Women will serve as leaders and agents for changes in future society.
MISSION
Academically systemized and specialized education for female leadership
EILD seeks the specialization of education and research for fostering female leaders.
Since the social structure of women’s roles and status in society are differentiated, we strive to meet their unique educational needs.
VISION
To foster a million female leaders to
change and lead Korea
EILD will fundamentally contribute to society by influencing the culture through training large numbers of women equipped to change Korea through their leadership.
Our Programs
Ewha-Luce International Seminar (ELIS)
Expanding Horizons
ELIS is an intensive leadership program that draws together highly talented female graduate students from the US and Asia working in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics(STEM). Carefully prepared by Ewha Womans University and Henry Luce Foundation as part of their efforts to cultivate the next generation of global women leaders in STEM, the program has been held annually in South Korea since 2015.
Women’s Leadership in Asia (WoLA)
Transforming for the Next Normal
Women’s Leadership in Asia (WoLA) is an online leadership course for emerging women leaders from higher education institutions in Asia. Initiated and developed by Ewha Institute for Leadership Development, Scranton Women’s Leadership Center, the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, and Wesley Foundation, this course is designed to develop leadership potentials for women leaders in Asia, advance their academic careers, and empower them to flourish in the post-pandemic era by upholding adaptability and expanding global vision.
EILD Global Leadership Team
Director
Ewha Institute for Leadership Development
Gyoungsil Choi
Program Consultant
Subin Kim
Senior Program Consultant
Professor for special appointment
Yerang Seong
Program Consultant
Soojin Lim
Program Consultant
Uijeong Son
Program Consultant
Mikyung Chun
EILD Global Leadership Team
Ewha Institute for Leadership Development, Ewha Womans University ECC B314, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea