On Human Rights Day, Taiwan has joined freedom-loving and like-minded countries in celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Taiwan can help promote dignity, equality, justice, peace, rule of law and build a better world for all. The ‘Achieving 50-50: Empowering Women Leaders in the Indo-Pacific Region’ workshop kicked off on December 10 in Taipei, Taiwan. The key-note speech was given by Patricia Schroeder, the first female U.S. Representative elected in Colorado and Marci Hodge, a senior policy advisor to the U.S. Department of State, has also shared her insights on the topic. For more on the aims of the three-day workshop, check out this video in our previous post here (https://reurl.cc/7emY1).
Taiwan has made significant progress in achieving the #UN sustainable development goals:
- Almost 40% of Taiwan's legislators are female, making Taiwan the first in Asia with this level of female representation.
- The ratio of female elected representatives, executives and managers has risen to 26.8% in 2016.