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The status of women in Taiwan has been based on and affected by the traditional patriarchal views and social structure within Taiwanese society, which put women in a subordinate position to men, although the legal status of Taiwanese women has improved in recent years, particularly during the past three decades when the family law underwent several amendments.
Although martial law was still active, the 1970s saw a weakening of authoritarian control in Taiwan, which gave rise to political opposition and various social movements. [27] Annette Lu is considered the founder of feminist thinking in modern Taiwan and established the first formal women's-rights movement in 1972. [28]
The current Additional Articles of the Constitution entail 12 articles: Article 1 Referendum on amendment to the Constitution and alteration of the national territory. Article 2 President and the vice president. Article 3 Premier and the Executive Yuan. Article 4 Legislative Yuan. Article 5 Judicial Yuan. Article 6 Examination Yuan. Article 7 ...
Taiwan amended three laws governing sexual harassment in a special session of the legislature, after a wave of #MeToo accusations hit the island in June. The changes are an attempt to address the ...
Taiwan's cabinet on Thursday proposed stricter laws against sexual harassment as a recent surge in allegations brought the #MeToo movement to the island nearly six years after it gained global ...
Taiwan’s Judicial Office Building, which houses the Constitutional Court that will hear arguments on the constitutionality of a package of controversial amendments passed by the legislature ...
Gender Equality Education Act (Chinese: 性別平等敎育法) of Taiwan was enacted on June 23, 2004. The General Provisions states the purposes of the act: "to promote substantive gender equality, eliminate gender discrimination, uphold human dignity, and improve and establish education resources and environment of gender equality."
The rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people in the Republic of China (Taiwan) are regarded as some of the most comprehensive of those in Asia. [2] [3] Both male and female same-sex sexual activity are legal, and same-sex marriage was legalized on 24 May 2019, following a Constitutional Court ruling in May 2017.