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The status of women in Taiwan has been based on and affected by the traditional patriarchal views and social structure within Taiwanese society, which put women in a subordinate position to men, although the legal status of Taiwanese women has improved in recent years, particularly during the past three decades when the family law underwent several amendments.
TWRF grew out of the Taiwanese non-profit women's organization, the Awakening Foundation.In 1988, with the help of lawyers, scholars and social workers, it was established as Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation, an anti-human trafficking mission to fight on the behalf of girls forced into prostitution. [1]
Victims of sex trafficking include both Taiwanese citizens, primarily women and girls, being trafficked within Taiwan and abroad, [1] as well as foreign victims trafficked into the country. [2] [3] [4] Children, persons in poverty, and migrants are particularly vulnerable to sex trafficking. [5]
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To a lesser extent, Taiwan is a source of women and children subjected to sex trafficking. Taiwanese women and children are subjected to domestic sex trafficking, including as part of an increasing trend in which traffickers induce and take advantage of Taiwanese and foreign victims’ drug addictions.
Taiwan continues to operate an island-wide toll-free hotline for foreign spouses and foreign workers seeking assistance. Taiwan has an extraterritorial law criminalizing the sexual exploitation of children by Taiwan residents traveling abroad; however, it did not take other steps during the reporting year to reduce demand for child sex tourism. [2]
Taiwan-born actor Shu Qi has completed production of her feature film directing debut, “Girl.” While plot and cast details of the new film remain under wraps, “Girl” is Shu Qi’s original ...