A program named “Their Oceans — Women’s Power for Deep Cultivation of Local Maritime Culture” was sponsored by the Ocean Affairs Council (OAC) today, June 5, with the goal of promoting mutual exchange between the cultures of new immigrants and maritime culture and raising public awareness of the significance of gender issues in ocean affairs. Twenty female new immigrants from Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia as well as members of the second generation of immigrants were invited to the activity.

Hosted by the Ocean Affairs Council, the APEC Workshop on Fostering Women’s Economic Empowerment for a Resilient Marine Industry kicked off today (May 6) at the Fulong Visitor Center in New Taipei City. Over two days, government officials, experts, scholars, and representatives from non-profit organizations from nine APEC member economies, including Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam, and Taiwan, gathered for discussions.

Literature opens windows into a country’s soul.
Through Peter Mayle’s A Year in Provence, we imagine life in the countryside of southeastern France. Digesting Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, we find ourselves untangling an allegory of Latin American history and social realities. J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series conjures up a magical world, but between the lines we catch glimpses of British confidence, eccentricity, and deadpan humor.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaushieh Joseph Wu met with over 160 representatives of nongovernmental organizations at a tea reception March 26 at Taipei Guest House in the capital, pledging to continue boosting domestic NGOs’ international participation.

A forum titled “Fostering Women and Girls’ Financial Resilience” was held March 13 at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, spotlighting Taiwan’s efforts to achieve gender parity, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The 68th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) will be held in New York from March 11 to 22. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Republic of China (Taiwan), in cooperation with Taiwanese nongovernmental organizations, has arranged for Taiwan Gender Equality Week (TGEW) to be held in New York at the same time. The priority theme of CSW68 is “accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty

The Taipei International Book Exhibition will get underway Feb. 20 to showcase the vibrancy and diversity of Taiwan’s publishing culture, according to the Ministry of Culture.

Taiwan is committed to cooperating with all World Trade Organization members to support the international body’s work, Taiwan’s permanent mission in Geneva said at the Global Review of Aid for Trade earlier this month.