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Feminism In Taiwan
Taiwan has a complex history of feminist and women's-rights movements with periods of progressiveness where feminism and strong female icons flourished and periods of strict authoritarianism where equality and individual rights were devalued. Thanks in part to the work of generations of feminists, Taiwan is nowadays one of the most gender-equal countries in Asia, consistently ranking higher than its East Asian neighbors in international indices on gender equality (6th globally according to Gender Inequality Index in 2019 and 29th globally according to the government's own calculation based on the Gender Gap Index in 2020). The Japanese colonial period (1910s to 1945) At the beginning of Japanese Colonial Rule, the government was in some ways more progressive than Taiwanese society. The Bureau of Social Education in the Japanese colonial government proposed policies to curb abuse and trafficking of adopted daughters, specifically to strengthen protection of such children and launc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gender Gap Index
The Global Gender Gap Report is an index designed to measure gender equality. It was first published in 2006 by the World Economic Forum. It "assesses countries on how well they are dividing their resources and opportunities among their male and female populations, regardless of the overall levels of these resources and opportunities," the Report says.2008 Report, p. 24 "By providing a comprehensible framework for assessing and comparing global gender gaps and by revealing those countries that are role models in dividing these resources equitably between women and men, the Report serves as a catalyst for greater awareness as well as greater exchange between policymakers." Methodology The report's Gender Gap Index ranks countries according to calculated gender gap between women and men in four key areas: health, education, economy and politics to gauge the state of gender equality in a country. The report examines four overall areas of inequality between men and women in 130 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jolin Tsai
Jolin Tsai (; ; born September 15, 1980) is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, and actress. Referred to as the " Queen of C-Pop", she is considered one of the most influential figures in Chinese popular culture. She is known for her continual reinvention and versatility in musical style and visual image, and she has achieved great reputation and popularity in the Chinese-speaking world. She maintains control of every aspect of her career, and she is regarded as a key figure in popularizing dance-pop as mainstream music in Greater China. Her works, which incorporate social themes, have generated both commercial success and critical acclaim. In 1998, Tsai won a television singing competition produced by MTV Mandarin. Her debut album ''1019'' (1999) made her become an instant hit, and her first girl-next-door incarnation made her a teen idol with a huge teenage fanbase. Her album ''Magic'' (2003), which reflected her first musical reinvention, marked the beginning of her dance-orien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peng Wan-ru
Peng Wan-ru (; 13 July 1949 – 30 November 1996), also spelled Peng Wan-ju, was a feminist Taiwanese politician. The director of the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) Women's Affairs Department, Peng advocated for the safety and development of women. Peng married Horng Wann-sheng (, a mathematics professor at NTNU) and they had a son together. Murder In November 1996, Peng disappeared in Kaohsiung, Taiwan; the public last saw her board a yellow Ford Telstar taxi after a DPP meeting the night prior to a DPP convention. She was discovered raped and murdered outside of an abandoned warehouse in Kaohsiung County (now part of Kaohsiung City); her body had more than 30 stab wounds. Despite an extensive investigation, the police were unable to solve the crime. At least 70,000 Taiwanese taxi drivers had their fingerprints analyzed in an effort to find Peng's killer. Horng said that he felt frustrated that the killer was not found. There have been numerous false leads since the mur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tina Pan
Tina Pan (; born 31 March 1957) is a Taiwanese politician. She was a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1993 to 2002 and again between 2005 and 2016. Education Pan earned a doctorate in political science at National Taiwan Normal University. Electoral history She served on the Taipei County Council from 1982 to 1993, when she first won election to the Legislative Yuan. Pan ran in the 2001 elections, but lost. She returned to the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2016. Having represented Taipei for most of her legislative career, Pan was placed on the Kuomintang proportional representation party list starting in 2007 and again in 2011. She stated in February 2017 that supporters had pushed her to explore a campaign for the Kuomintang leadership election scheduled for May. Pan confirmed her candidacy for the position later that month. She placed sixth in the election, with 2,437 votes. Political stances Pan is the longtime chairwoman of the Modern Women's Foundation. She is also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Ko
Miss Ko is a Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter and rapper signed to Universal Music Group. Ko has released three studio albums and is the winner of Best New Artist of 24th Golden Melody Award in Taiwan, the first rapper/hip-hop artist to win the award. Life and career Christine Ko was raised in Queens, New York. She graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School and attended Five Towns College. Ko released her first album in 2009, while based in New York. She studied Mandarin at National Taiwan Normal University, and during that time participated in a rap competition, which brought her to the attention of an executive at the music label KAO!INC. She left a master's program at New York University to pursue her music career in Taiwan. In 2010, Miss Ko was regarded as a "newcomer to the scene," and Meredith Schweig observed that there were no other professional women rappers in Taiwan at the time. 2012–2015: ''Knock Out'' and ''XXXIII'' Ko released her debut album ''Knock O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annette Lu
Annette Lu Hsiu-lien (; born 7 June 1944) is a Taiwanese politician. A feminist active in the tangwai movement, she joined the Democratic Progressive Party in 1990, and was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1992. Subsequently, she served as Taoyuan County Magistrate between 1997 and 2000, and was the Vice President of the Republic of China from 2000 to 2008, under President Chen Shui-bian. Lu announced her intentions to run for the presidency on 6 March 2007, but withdrew to support eventual DPP nominee Frank Hsieh. Lu ran again in 2012, but withdrew for a second time, ceding the nomination to DPP chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen. She lost the party's Taipei mayoral nomination to Pasuya Yao in 2018, and stated that she would leave the party. However, by the time Lu announced in September 2019 that she would contest the 2020 presidential election on behalf of the Formosa Alliance, she was still a member of the Democratic Progressive Party. Early life Lu was born in Tōen Town (now Taoyua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yenlin Ku
Yenlin Ku (l born 1948) (sometimes spelled Yenling Ku) is a prominent feminist involved in the women's movement in Taiwan. Education Ku has a B.A. from National Taiwan University, an M.A. from the Claremont Graduate University and an Ed.S. from Indiana University. Career She is a teacher at the Graduate Institute for Gender Studies and an adviser to Taipei City Government. Many of her experiences and observations are collected in her blog "feminist-original". Ku has been active in the movement since the mid-1970s. In 1982 Ku and a group of colleagues who supported gender equality established the magazine ''Awakening'' to encourage women's self-awareness and to raise public concern about women's issues. This project was followed in 1987 by the Awakening Foundation with the intention of mobilizing more women, improving their social conditions and striving for their rights. After returning from the 1985 Nairobi conference, Ku and other women's studies scholars formed the Wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huang Sue-ying
Huang Sue-ying (; born 12 April 1951) is a Taiwanese activist and politician who served in the Legislative Yuan from 2005 to 2012. Education Huang earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Fu Jen Catholic University and later earned a master's degree in animal science from the University of British Columbia. Career Huang is the founding leader of Taiwan Women’s Link, a women's rights organization. She was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 2004 as a member of the Democratic Progressive Party via party list proportional representation. During her first term, Huang proposed an amendment to the Genetic Health Law introducing an insurance fund to help cover costs of abortion. She also helped draft an anti-discrimination law. In 2010, she co-sponsored the Act Governing Breastfeeding in Public Places, passed in November. The next year, Huang proposed changes to the Social Order Maintenance Act that would punish clients of sex workers, not sex workers themselves. Huang's amendment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fangge Dupan
Fangge Dupan (; 9 March 1927 – 10 March 2016) was a poetess of Taiwanese Hakka descent, renowned as a member of the "generation that straddles between (Japanese and Chinese) languages." Born to a prestigious Hakka family in Xinpu, Hsinchu, she began writing as a teenager in high school. Most of her early work is written in Japanese because she was educated in that language. Due to political pressure, she stopped writing in Japanese and did not publish until the 1960s, in Mandarin. In 1965, she joined the Li Poetry Society with a strong emphasis on the sense of place, and in the 1980s she began actively creating Hakka poetry. In the late 1980s, Fangge Dupan turned to her native Hakka language. Her main works are ''Ghost Festival'' (中元節), ''PinAn Drama'' (平安戲), ''Paper Man'' (紙人), and ''Vegetable Garden'' (菜園). Life and career Fangge Dupan's family was a prestigious family in Xinpu, Hsinchu. Her grandfather, Pan Cheng-chien, was chief of the village du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Hsiu-hui
Chen Hsiu-hui (; born 7 May 1962) is a Taiwanese Amis politician. Activism Chen attended Chung Chi College in Hong Kong and is a minister of the Presbyterian Church of Taiwan. She has also been active in the Foundation of Women's Rights Promotion and Development and the National Cultural Association. Chen is the founding chair of the Homemakers' Union, and has led the National Alliance of Taiwan Women's Associations. Political career Chen was listed on the Democratic Progressive Party list and elected to the Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ... via proportional representation in 2004. She criticized a 2004 bill regarding land restoration and conservation, stating, "Land restoration and conservation should be a national issue, not the sole responsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Ang (writer)
Shih Shu-tuan (; born 5 April 1952, in Lukang, Taiwan), pen name Li Ang (), is a Taiwanese feminist writer. After graduating from Chinese Culture University with a degree in philosophy, she studied drama at the University of Oregon, after which she returned to teach at her ''alma mater''. Her major work is ''The Butcher's Wife'' (殺夫: 1983, tr. 1986), though she has written many other novels. Feminist themes and sexuality are present in much of her work. Many of her stories are set in Lukang.Haddon, Rosemary''From Pulp to Politics: Aspects of Topicality in Fiction by Li La Ang''Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, vol. 13, no. 1, pp.36-72Li Ang Guest Writers, 11th International Conference on the Short Story in English, |
