Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/12/10
By: Joseph Yeh
Taipei, Dec. 10 (CNA) Taking President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) as an example, the de facto
AIT Director Brent Christensen and President Tsai Ing-wen (CNA file photo)
U.S. ambassador to Taiwan said Monday that Taiwan is a model in terms of empowering women as leaders in politics.
Speaking during the opening ceremony of a women’s leadership and empowerment workshop, American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Brent Christensen lauded Taiwan as a leader on women’s empowerment in politics.
“Not only does Taiwan currently have a woman serving as its president, Dr. Tsai Ing-wen, but nearly 40 percent of Taiwan’s legislators are women,” Christensen said.
In the recently concluded local elections on Nov. 24, Taiwan’s voters chose women to head seven of its 22 counties and municipalities, and elected women to fill 33.8 percent of city and county council seats, he went on. [FULL STORY]
