The Executive Yuan roundly condemns China for political interference that has resulted in the revocation of Taiwan’s right to host the first East Asian Youth Games, scheduled for 2019.
The Executive Yuan roundly condemns China for political interference that has resulted in the revocation of Taiwan’s right to host the first East Asian Youth Games, scheduled for 2019.
Taiwan has made progress in the representation of women in politics as shown by the 2016 election of President Tsai Ing-wen, the country’s first female head of state, according to an international panel that also gave recommendations for further advancing gender equality.
Taiwan will host the 4th World Conference of Women’s Shelters in 2019 in southern Kaohsiung City, co-organizer New Taipei City-based Garden of Hope Foundation (GOH), a nongovernmental organization that helps abused women, announced July 18.
Taiwan will never relinquish its sovereignty in exchange for an illusory peace, nor will its 23 million people ever allow their destiny to be decided by the other side of the strait, according to Mainland Affairs Council Minister Chen Ming-tong July 18.
A panel of international academics and women’s rights advocates on Friday completed its weeklong review of Taiwan’s third national report of compliance with the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), producing 73 concluding observations and recommendations for continued improvement.
The international review of the third national report on the implementation of the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) kicked off July 16 in Taipei City, highlighting Taiwan’s commitment to enacting and refining measures safeguarding women’s rights.
The government attaches great importance to Taiwan’s relations with ally El Salvador and will keep expanding exchanges for mutual benefits, according to Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaushieh Joseph Wu July 13.
The Executive Yuan’s Department of Gender Equality (DGE) announced on Monday that the Review and Presentation of the ROC (Taiwan) CEDAW Third National Report is taking place between July 16 and 20 in Taipei. CEDAW is the United Nation’s Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu is leading a nine-member delegation on a tour of El Salvador and Belize July 12-17 to deepen the friendships and bolster political and economic exchanges with the Central American allies.
The soon-to-launch Instagram account of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will play a key role in raising awareness of the MOFA and its activities while expanding government-youth exchanges.
