Three prominent women speak on the problems faced by women in Tibet’s government-in-exile and address the history and progress of gender equality in Taiwan.
The News Lens
Date: 2017/11/11
By: Darice D. Chang
Is Gender an Issue?
This question brought a trio of women in power together in Taipei, and while it can’t be
Credit: Darice Dan Chang
said that the event brought attendees any closer to an answer, a discussion that ranged across the status of women’s leadership in the Tibetan Central Government, history and contemporary issues around women in politics, and a unique perspective from non-traditional females, certainly made for compelling listening.
Tibetan Central Administration Information Secretary Dhardon Sharling, Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator Yu Meinu (尤美女) and civil activist Miao Poya (苗博雅) took center stage at the Nov. 6 panel event, hosted by the Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan. “No one has to introduce themselves,” said organizer Lin Hsinyi (林欣怡) of the Human Rights Network for Tibet and Taiwan (HRNTT) . “We may have some friends from China for whom it may be inconvenient.” Despite the somewhat ominous start, the mood was light. Most in attendance were of related backgrounds — employed at NGO’s, Tibetans living in Taiwan, scholars and their kin. [FULL STORY]