Taiwan 2020: Women Running for Legislature

The News Lens
Date: 2020/01/09
By: Brian Hioe

New Bloom interviewed Hsieh Pei-fen (謝佩芬), legislative candidate for the DPP in Taipei City District 6. Hsieh previously worked as a diplomat at the Permanent Mission of Tuvalu to the United Nations and in the National Security Council.

Brian Hioe: Could you introduce yourself to readers who might not know you?

H: I’m 32 years old this year. Age is never a secret in Taiwanese elections, you have to say this right away in an interview. [Laughs]

I’m running for legislator in Da'an. My specialties are in law and diplomacy. I studied in Taiwan up until college, graduating with degrees in law and politics from National Taiwan University. After I graduated, I went to Harvard Law School for an MA.

Later on, I worked at the United Nations as a diplomat for three years, as part of the Permanent Mission of Tuvalu to the UN. Then I went to the Harvard University Kennedy School for an MA in Public Policy. When I returned to Taiwan, I worked as an assistant in the National Security Council.

This is a brief introduction to my life history. What I’ve done or studied in the past primarily has to do with public policy, particularly regarding law and diplomacy.    [FULL  STORY]