CLOSING LOOPHOLES: Amendments state that schools must provide perpetrators with regular counseling, but are also able to dismiss them or terminate their contracts
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 08, 2018
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
The Legislative Yuan yesterday passed amendments to the Gender Equality Education
People participate in a #MeToo rally organized by the Garden of Hope Foundation at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on April 21. Photo: CNA
Act (性別平等教育法), including one that would require principals, presidents, faculty members or school employees who are found to have sexually harassed students or other school personnel, but refuse to apologize to the victim or take eight hours of gender equality classes, to face a fine of up to NT$50,000.
Until now, aside from giving demerits or warnings, schools had the right to order the perpetrator to apologize to the victim, take eight hours of gender equality classes or subject them to other educational measures, after obtaining the consent of the victim or their proxies.
The new rule stipulates that perpetrators who refuse to comply with measures prescribed by their school or refuse to cooperate with the school’s gender equality education committee in its investigation would be fined between NT$10,000 and NT$50,000, and could be repeatedly fined until they comply. [FULL STORY]
