Taiwan Women’s Power and Culture Night was held March 12 at the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York, spotlighting the country’s achievements in gender parity, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Themed “Taiwan Main Stage: Celebrating Women’s Resilience and Progress,” the event was part of Taiwan Gender Equality Week, which is being staged on the sidelines of the U.N. 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. The event brought together over 200 officials from Taiwan’s allies, like-minded partners and representatives from nongovernmental organizations, with prominent attendees including Ambassador-at-Large Liu Po-chun; Thulisile Dladla, deputy prime minister of the Kingdom of Eswatini; and Kelley Currie, former U.S. ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues.
Delivering opening remarks at the event, New York TECO head Tom Chih-chiang Lee said gender equality is a basic human right and no one should be left behind. Taiwan is working hard to promote women’s empowerment and will continue to work with global partners to further the cause, he added.
Former president Tsai Ing-wen delivered an address via a prerecorded video, praising Taiwan’s female equality success over the past three decades. She cited examples such as that Taiwan’s female members have accounted for over 40 percent of the total in the Legislature in 2020, and that the country ranked first in Asia in the Social Institutions and Gender Index released by Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2023.
Dladla, who gave a keynote speech, thanked Taiwan for helping Eswatini achieve women’s rights development milestones, including providing skills training for over 6,000 local women to start businesses and offering higher education scholarships. Currie further expressed hope that Taiwan and the U.S. will continue cooperative projects to promote women’s empowerment, adding that the U.N. should pay attention to Taiwan’s leading position in the field and raise the country’s profile in international organizations.
Entertainment was offered in the form of a multimedia concert by Lu Chia-hui, pianist and chair of the Taipei City-based Egret Cultural and Educational Foundation. Also taking place at the event was the “Taiwan Women’s Power Exhibition,” which illustrated the country’s achievements spanning women’s political and economic participation and legislation to combat sexual violence.
Additionally, 32 parallel events hosted by over 40 Taiwan nongovernmental organizations and local governments are underway during the CSW69 to spotlight Taiwan’s gender equality initiatives and policy implementation experiences, according to the MOFA. (YCH-E)
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Themed “Taiwan Main Stage: Celebrating Women’s Resilience and Progress,” the event was part of Taiwan Gender Equality Week, which is being staged on the sidelines of the U.N. 69th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women. The event brought together over 200 officials from Taiwan’s allies, like-minded partners and representatives from nongovernmental organizations, with prominent attendees including Ambassador-at-Large Liu Po-chun; Thulisile Dladla, deputy prime minister of the Kingdom of Eswatini; and Kelley Currie, former U.S. ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues.
Delivering opening remarks at the event, New York TECO head Tom Chih-chiang Lee said gender equality is a basic human right and no one should be left behind. Taiwan is working hard to promote women’s empowerment and will continue to work with global partners to further the cause, he added.
Former president Tsai Ing-wen delivered an address via a prerecorded video, praising Taiwan’s female equality success over the past three decades. She cited examples such as that Taiwan’s female members have accounted for over 40 percent of the total in the Legislature in 2020, and that the country ranked first in Asia in the Social Institutions and Gender Index released by Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2023.
Dladla, who gave a keynote speech, thanked Taiwan for helping Eswatini achieve women’s rights development milestones, including providing skills training for over 6,000 local women to start businesses and offering higher education scholarships. Currie further expressed hope that Taiwan and the U.S. will continue cooperative projects to promote women’s empowerment, adding that the U.N. should pay attention to Taiwan’s leading position in the field and raise the country’s profile in international organizations.
Entertainment was offered in the form of a multimedia concert by Lu Chia-hui, pianist and chair of the Taipei City-based Egret Cultural and Educational Foundation. Also taking place at the event was the “Taiwan Women’s Power Exhibition,” which illustrated the country’s achievements spanning women’s political and economic participation and legislation to combat sexual violence.
Additionally, 32 parallel events hosted by over 40 Taiwan nongovernmental organizations and local governments are underway during the CSW69 to spotlight Taiwan’s gender equality initiatives and policy implementation experiences, according to the MOFA. (YCH-E)
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