Chanyang-hoe or Chanyanghoe (English: 'Promotion Society' or "Praise and Encouragement Association"[1]) was a Korean feminist organization, founded in 1898.
[3] It aimed to erase the traditional discriminatory Confucian gender segregation by women's education.
Some Korean male intellectuals adapted then prevalent Western ideas that women should be educated in order to raise the next generation, which would benefit the nation.
It had a membership of approximately 400 people, including foreigners, men, and women of the yangban class.
Their "Circular for the Establishment of a Girls' School" has been referred to as the beginning of the Korean women's movement.
[4] Emperor Gojong and the Ministry of Education were supportive of opening an official school for girls but the budget did not allow for it in November 1898.