The Ministry of Foreign Affairs staged its first forum on international gender equality development Sept. 26 in Taipei City to share the latest global strategies and trends with local officials and nongovernmental organizations.

A seminar on Taiwan’s efforts in advancing the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals was staged Sept. 18 at Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York as part of a campaign to spotlight the country’s desire to participate in the U.N. system and merits as a valuable global partner in promoting the SDGs.

Executive Yuan Spokesperson Kolas Yotaka on Tuesday delivered a keynote address at the 25th Mechesil Belau Conference in Palau at the invitation of a Palauan queen. She thanked the Pacific island ally for its firm support for Taiwan despite power politics and pressure, and said that the two nations have not been separated by the Pacific Ocean but have instead been bound together by it.

Taiwan’s international reputation for empowering women in the workplace was highlighted after two of its projects were approved during the Sept. 3-7 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Women and the Economy Forum in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

An international campaign was launched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs highlighting Taiwan’s desire to participate in the U.N. system and merits as a valuable partner in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.

Taiwan’s delegation to the 2018 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Women and the Economy Forum (WEF) raised the nation’s global profile by highlighting its achievements in advancing women’s economic development in the Asia-Pacific region, the Executive Yuan Department of Gender Equality said Friday.

Monthly nongovernmental organization seminars will be staged at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taipei City as part of government efforts to deepen cooperation with local NGOs and help the groups expand their international presence, the MOFA announced July 26.

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.

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.