Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/05/03
By: Chiu Po-sheng and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, May 3 (CNA) Although Taiwan appears to have made significant progress toward

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workplace gender equality, most working mothers feel that they face an unfriendly workplace environment, according to a yes123 online job bank survey released Thursday.

The poll on the pressure facing working mothers and their career planning reveals that 86 percent could not strike a balance between work and family and 81 percent have quarreled with their husbands over how to raise their children, while 60 percent have argued with their husbands over work issues.

It also shows that 59 percent of the respondents feel that Taiwan’s workplace environment is not friendly to working mothers and 62 percent revealed that their companies have deliberately made things difficult when they have applied to take personal leave from work for their children.    [FULL  STORY]