The Ocean Affairs Council organized the “APEC Workshop on Promoting Women’s Role in Ocean Science towards Sustainable and Inclusive Ocean Governance” on March 16th and 17th in Kaohsiung as part of its efforts to promote and enhance women’s participation in ocean science. It echoes the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, and APEC’s theme for 2023, “Creating a Resilient and Sustainable Future for All.”
Taiwan has achieved a quarter of a century of freedom, according to its rating as “free” in the latest Freedom in the World report released March 9 by U.S.-based nongovernmental organization Freedom House.
Taipei Fashion Week (TFW) AW23, organized by the Ministry of Culture, will take place from March 22 to April. 9. With the theme “Respect the Craftsmanship (敬藝),” the opening show of the event, featuring 70 fashion designs created through collaborations between fashion designers and traditional Taiwanese artists, will be held at Nankunshen Temple, a national intangible cultural asset in Tainan, on March 22. A series of fashion shows will subsequently be shown at Songshan Cultural and Creative Par
The 2023 Taiwan-U.S. Cooperation Meeting on Agricultural Sciences and Technology wrapped up March 6 in Taipei City, spotlighting the like-minded partners’ commitment to boosting reciprocal research ties, according to the Cabinet-level Council of Agriculture.
Several comic and illustration artists from Taiwan won recognition at the 2023 Bologna Children’s Book Fair, which kicked off March 6 in the Italian city, Taipei City-based Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) said.
State-run utility Taiwan Power Co. has retained its second-place ranking among 94 utility providers across 39 countries in the 2022 Smart Grid Index released by Singapore’s SP Group, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Taiwan ranked fourth in the 2023 Index of Economic Freedom released Feb. 28 by Washington-headquartered think tank The Heritage Foundation, achieving its best-ever score.
To facilitate cultural exchanges between the indigenous peoples of Taiwan and New Zealand, the Cultural Division of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in Sydney, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, has embarked on a collaboration with New Zealand to launch an inaugural residency exchange program.
The Embassy of Belize in Taiwan launched a culture and women’s month exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday to celebrate Belizean culture and womanhood in observation of 2023 International Women’s Day.
The 15-day “2023 Taiwan Lantern Festival” ended on the evening of February 19, 2023 (Sunday) with lively performances by the Ju Percussion Group, O-Kai Singers, Chai Found Music Workshop, Taiwan Acrobatic Troupe, Hngyang Na Atayal, Compagnie Des Quidams, Juedai Contemporary Jazz Dance Theater, Ozone, Pink Fun, and Diabolo Dance Theatre.
