Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/03/04
By: Ko Lin

Taipei, March 4 (CNA) Taiwan is the top country in Asia in terms of giving women and men equal rights under the law, according to a women’s empowerment study released recently by the World Bank.

The study, titled “Women, Business and the Law 2019: A Decade of Reform,” examines laws and regulations affecting women’s prospects as entrepreneurs and employees across 187 economies worldwide for the past 10 years.

It employs eight indicators — Going Places, Starting a Job, Getting Paid, Getting Married, Having Children, Running a Business, Managing Assets and Getting a Pension — that are structured around women’s interactions with the law as they begin, progress through and end their careers.

Taiwan scored full marks in all five indexes, except for Having Children, Running a Business and Getting a Pension, for which it scored 80, 75 and 75, respectively.    [FULL  STORY]