COMMITTED: Taiwan has improved conditions for women returning to the workforce and victims of domestic violence, the vice president told UN experts on the CEDAW

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 17, 2018
By: Lin Chia-nan  /  Staff reporter

Taiwan is committed to protecting human rights and incorporating the principles of the Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) into domestic laws, even though the nation cannot attend official UN meetings, Vice President Chen Chien-jen (陳建仁) said yesterday.

Chen made the remarks at the opening ceremony of a five-day conference in Taipei, at which five international experts are meeting with representatives from both inside and outside the government to review a third report on Taiwan’s compliance with the CEDAW.

South Korean academic Heisoo Shin is chairperson of the committee that also comprises four other experts who used to be members of the UN CEDAW committee.

In 2007, Taiwan signed the convention voluntarily, and the Legislative Yuan in 2011 enacted the convention, which came into force in 2012.
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