Premier Yu Shyi-kun yesterday said that he will appoint a woman from outside the Cabinet to replace Lee Ying-yuan (
"It'd be perfect to have a woman join the iron triangle of the Cabinet's three highest-ranking officials," Yu told the closed-door meeting of the Cabinet-level Women's Rights Promotion Committee yesterday afternoon.
To ensure political stability, however, the new person will not be chosen from the Cabinet but instead from outside, Yu said.
"I hope to see the team get some new blood, preferably a woman," Yu said.
According to a Taipei Times ource, Liu Shih-fang (
Currently, seven out of the 36 high-ranking Cabinet officials are women.
According to Yu, Lee has already announced his resignation verbally. Lee is expected to officially step down from his post on June 26, when the DPP is scheduled to announce his candidacy.
Meanwhile, the central government will spend NT$100 million more in its annual budget next year to promote the interests of women.
"The central government allocated NT$1.12 billion in this year's budget for projects that promote women and we plan to earmark NT$1.24 billion next year," said Shiau Yuh-hwang (
According to Shiau, committee members yesterday also approved 12 short, mid, and long-term projects designed to improve women's education.
These projects will be aimed at adjusting the content of gender education at schools and the cultivation of women's education. The projects will also aim to study and amend existing laws regarding gender-equality education. It will also create more diverse learning opportunities for women.
The projects will also try to increase learning opportunities for disadvantaged women, to establish more institutions to promote women's education and to map out and implement evaluation systems for women's education.
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