The accomplishments of women in Taiwan’s armed forces deserve to be celebrated. Its appalling patriarchal orthodoxy, on the other hand, does not.
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Date: 2018/08/02
性別是綿密而複雜的美麗毛線，我們一起將其編織成社會，翻轉世界。關注性暴力、女性主義、男性研究、性別平等教育與慰安婦研究，目前為高雄醫學大學性別研究所研究生。
Taiwan takes pride in its tradition of promoting women’s rights. According to its
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Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Taiwan is top in Asia and ninth worldwide in addressing challenges facing women, using the metrics of the United Nations Gender Inequality Index (which is used to measure UN member states).
Taiwan’s progress was celebrated recently in a July 18 event at the Chihhang Air Base in Taitung County. Taiwan’s first female fighter pilots – Chiang Ching-hua (蔣青樺), Chiang Hui-yu (蔣惠宇), and Fan Yi-lin (范宜鈴) – flew their aircraft to Chihhang from their assigned posts for the event. Between the three of them, they can now pilot all three types of the nation’s frontline fighter jets, the AIDC F-CK-1, the Dassault Mirage 2000 and the Lockheed Martin F-16, according to Air Force Command. [FULL STORY]