She revealed that her career as a feminist activist started when she participated in creating women's studies course at her university funded by United States Agency for International Development in 1977 during her speech at Global Engagement &amp; Empowerment Forum on Sustainable Development in 2019. At the same occasion, she also praised the German aid organisation, EZE (now-EED, ) for providing financial assistance in founding women's organisation, now-Korean Women Link, in 1982. After serving as the first co-vice-chair and chair of now-Korean Women Link until 1986, she led Korean Women's Associations United as its vice president and chair for a decade. She also was high ranking member of The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan from 1990 to 1996. From 1994 to 1995 she was the co-chair of Korean Women’s NGO Committee for Beijing World Conference on Women working with current Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, then-its spokesperson.