Taiwan News
Date: 2018/07/08
By: Central News Agency
Taipei, July 8 (CNA) The Ministry of Labor launched a trial program earlier this year to
(By Central News Agency)
help stay-at-home women return to the workplace in an effort to boost female labor force participation in Taiwan.
Many women in Taiwan left the workforce for family reasons such as raising their children, caring for the elderly or people with disabilities or illness, according to a United Daily News report published Sunday.
The decline in women’s labor force participation rates have been particularly apparent in two age groups. In the 30-34 age group, the rate was 80 percent at 34 years old, falling from 88.8percent at 30, while in the 50-54 age group, the rate was 56 percent at 54 years old, compared with 69 percent at 50 years old, the report said.
The ministry attributed the falls to more women getting married and having children in the 30-34 age group and more women in the 50-54 age group devoting themselves to caring for their elderly and ill or disabled family members, as well as decreased physical strength of women in the age group. [FULL STORY]
