Taiwan is to hold a series of events in New York highlighting the nation's achievements in gender equality to coincide with the March 10 to 21 annual session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Kang Chia-chi (康嘉棋), deputy chief of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of NGO International Affairs, said today that this year’s Taiwan Gender Equality Week (TGEW) is to be themed “Resilient Leadership & Free Expression.”
Photo: Huang Ching-hsuan, Taipei Times
A highlight of the program is the “Taiwan Cultural Night” on Wednesday next week at the Taiwan representative office in New York, where Ambassador-at-Large for Sports Diplomacy Liu Po-chun (劉柏君) is to give a speech, Kang said.
Liu is Taiwan’s first female umpire and founder and CEO of Baseball Umpire. She also received the International Olympic Committee’s Women and Sport World Award in 2019.
The TGEW, jointly organized by Taiwan’s government and the Foundation for Women's Rights Promotion and Development, is to also feature an exhibition on Taiwan’s progress in gender equality since the 1980s.
A total of 32 non-governmental forums would be held during the week of activities, joined by more than 60 representatives from civil and government sectors, Kang added.
First held in 2020, this year's edition of the TGEW is taking place at the same time as the 69th session of the annual UN Commission on the Status of Women at the UN Headquarters in New York.
Taiwan cannot participate in the session as it is not a member of the UN.
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