dispatch program for the elderly(to provide housework for seniors living alone), and an after­school teacher dispatch program in Seoul, Bucheon, Incheon, Ansan, and Busan. In 2004, in developing a model of social service job creation program, KWWA implemented an after­school teacher dispatch program in a nationwide effort involving 7 regions. Together with the 7 regional branches, KWWA organized a public forum to explain that the current social service job creation is only a temporary solution for unemployment, and that it actually runs the risk of intensifying the concentration of unemployed women in low-wage and insecure jobs. KWWA submitted policy recommendations concerning the after-school classroom program to the Ministry of Labor, and demanded improved working conditions. Since 2005, KWWA began a low-wage babysitter dispatch program as a pilot project in 4 regions. This program dispatches babysitters or childcare assistants free of charge to low-income families, so that women can work unworried, in order to fight poverty. As a result of the program, KWWA was able to highlight several cases of families abandoned by the current welfare system. For instance, there was a low-income family with a disabled child who is not eligible for care in existing daycare services, and in another single­parent family, it was discovered that the mother was forced to work 3 shifts a day to make ends meet while her child was neglected at home. These cases were widely reported on broadcast TV, newspapers, and other media, and KWWA received attention for providing alternatives for children in low-income families. The government likewise noted the childcare dispatch service and the so-called“Care Mom” service in Gyeonggi Province. To this day, KWWA is supporting the housework and care service for low-income families as part of the National House Managers Cooperative’s social service jobs program sponsored by the Ministry of Labor. 7) Securing the Rights of Working Poor Women Policy response for the issue of women’s poverty In 2004 and 2005, KWWA engaged in consultation and policy recommendations concerning women and poverty. As a result in 2004, several recommendations from KWWA— such as“comprehensive solutions for overcoming poverty,”“institutionalization of women’s care labor as social service employment,” and“development of homecare service into social service enterprise”—were reflected in new policies. As a representative case point, the Korean government used to calculate the Basic Livelihood assistance based on a family of 4, with a 30-something male head of household, mother, and 2 children. However, families with a disabled or elderly member are bound to have higher medical expenditures, and female-headed