A symposium on digital inclusion and sustainable development of women was staged by the Executive Yuan Oct. 8 in Taipei City, highlighting government commitment to promoting equality.
Titled “Women as Economic Drivers,” the event was attended by academics, experts and representatives of public and private sectors from around the world, including Antonia Orellana, Chilean minister of women and gender equity. It focused on the integration of multiple perspectives into digital transformation, international trade and sustainability.
Orellana’s keynote, in which she shared Chile’s digital violence prevention legislation that works to guide young women from protected persons into figures leading the country into an inclusive and sustainable future, was a highlight of the symposium. Other speeches included lectures on Taiwan’s progress that also welcomed the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, as well as ways to develop artificial intelligence grounded in ethical values and gender justice.
Equally impressive was a panel discussion exploring women’s participation in sustainable development, which emphasized that women play a key role in accelerating energy transformation and countering climate change. The other two sessions dug into issues of digital governance and online gender-based violence, and mainstreaming gender in global trade policies and practices.
Minister Without Portfolio Lin Ming-hsin said during his opening remarks that Taiwan has seen fruitful results in areas spanning economy, education, health, and politics since the country began to promote gender mainstreaming in 2005, and cited the fact that over 40 percent of Taiwan’s lawmakers are women as one of the examples of the policy’s success.
The symposium aligned with the call for equality at the 69th session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, the EY said. The government will continue to deepen exchanges with the international community and leverage its expertise to jointly build a more gender-inclusive and resilient society, it added. (YCH-E)
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Titled “Women as Economic Drivers,” the event was attended by academics, experts and representatives of public and private sectors from around the world, including Antonia Orellana, Chilean minister of women and gender equity. It focused on the integration of multiple perspectives into digital transformation, international trade and sustainability.
Orellana’s keynote, in which she shared Chile’s digital violence prevention legislation that works to guide young women from protected persons into figures leading the country into an inclusive and sustainable future, was a highlight of the symposium. Other speeches included lectures on Taiwan’s progress that also welcomed the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, as well as ways to develop artificial intelligence grounded in ethical values and gender justice.
Equally impressive was a panel discussion exploring women’s participation in sustainable development, which emphasized that women play a key role in accelerating energy transformation and countering climate change. The other two sessions dug into issues of digital governance and online gender-based violence, and mainstreaming gender in global trade policies and practices.
Minister Without Portfolio Lin Ming-hsin said during his opening remarks that Taiwan has seen fruitful results in areas spanning economy, education, health, and politics since the country began to promote gender mainstreaming in 2005, and cited the fact that over 40 percent of Taiwan’s lawmakers are women as one of the examples of the policy’s success.
The symposium aligned with the call for equality at the 69th session of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, the EY said. The government will continue to deepen exchanges with the international community and leverage its expertise to jointly build a more gender-inclusive and resilient society, it added. (YCH-E)
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