Taipei Times
Date: Oct 08, 2017
By: Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin  /  Staff reporter, staff writer

Women comprise 13.6 percent of the volunteer military, with 19,000 members, a number that is expected to rise to more than 20,000 next year, a Ministry of National Defense report said.

A report on the recruitment and promotion of women in the military mandated by the Legislative Yuan’s Foreign and National Defense Committee has been completed, an unnamed ministry official said.

The number of women serving has steadily increased to 19,000 this year from 6,900 in 2006, when the armed forces began integrating women on a large scale, the official cited the report as saying.

Regarding officers, there are 3,000 women who comprise 11.2 percent of all volunteer officers, it said.    [FULL  STORY]