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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.
Taiwan has a complex history of feminist and women's rights movements with periods of progressiveness where feminism and strong female icons flourished and periods of strict authoritarianism where equality and individual rights were devalued.
As of June 2022, Taiwan is one of eleven countries that requires spousal consent for abortion. [14] The legislation was amended in 2009, with a provision that would have introduced mandatory counseling and a six-day waiting period being rejected amid pushback from women's rights activists. [15]
Beginning in 1995, the Awakening Foundation began to actively introduce potential legislation pertaining to women's rights. However, as the association was to remain nonpartisan, it placed emphasis on encouraging women to vote in elections from all political standpoints, as to increase the presence of women in the legislative process of Taiwan ...
Gender Equality Education Act (Chinese: 性別平等敎育法) of Taiwan was enacted on June 23, 2004. The General Provisions states the purposes of the act: "to promote substantive gender equality , eliminate gender discrimination , uphold human dignity, and improve and establish education resources and environment of gender equality."
Taiwan is a multi-party democracy.The 2000 presidential victory of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Chen Shui-bian followed more than 50 years of rule by the Kuomintang (KMT) and marked the first transition from one political party to another in the Taiwanese history, reported by a Government Information Office (GIO) website as the "first ever in Chinese history". [1]
Angela Wang, head of local NGO Taiwan Children’s Rights, told NBC News that in videos sent to her by parents, the children appeared “irritable” and at times physically aggressive.
1. Promoting awareness of women's rights issues in Taiwan 2. Publicizing the content of UN treaties that specifically address women's issues 3. Decreasing the disparities between women in rural and urban areas 4. Collaborating with other women's organizations to promote women's interests 5. Monitoring government policy related to women's issues