Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-07-16
Five international experts on gender equality are in Taipei to review
VP Chen reports at the CEDAW meeting in Taipei (CNA photo)
Taiwan’s third report under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, and therefore unable to participate in official CEDAW reviews. But it passed legislation in 2011 to comply with the convention anyway.
The latest report on gender equality in Taiwan covers the years 2013 through 2016. Vice President Chen Chien-jen spoke at the opening ceremony on Monday, as the one-week review was set to begin. [FULL STORY]
