2016.03.21
Women of All Ages Come Together at CSW60
【By Stephanie Chao】
Taiwan's youngest delegation to the 60th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60), called #TWeetHer, traded insights with overseas Taiwanese women living in the U.S. about women's rights on March 18 in New York.
At least 20 groups representing Taiwan attended CSW60 — including frequent attendees the Modern Women's Foundation, the Garden of Hope Foundation, the Foundation of Women's Rights Promotion and Development, and the Mental Health Association Taiwan.
The CSW60 also marked a gathering of women from all age groups, as the average age for #TWeetHer is less than 30.
"Talent gap," is what National Taiwan University Professor Chang Chueh said was one of the most urgent obstacles that Taiwanese women's groups must address.
Women's Foundation for World Peace President Lily Lin added that by exchanging experiences and expanding their international vision, participants were able to further the development of the women's rights movement In Taiwan.
Overseas Community Affairs Council member Jennifer Tung invited distinguished female leaders living in the U.S. to engage in discussion with #TWeetHer.
Attendees included former Overseas Community Affairs Council member Jennifer Lin, Queens Botanical Garden Board nomination workforce commissioner Huang Pai-ling and others.
The group #TWeetHer was originally formed by five National Tsing Hua University students and graduates in June 2015. Their main message was to communicate how young female leaders provide a basis for ensuring sustainable development for women-related issues.
Representing the new generation of women born after the 90s, the group hoped that women could partake in improving momentum for Taiwan's development.
The group of overseas Taiwanese women, who have lived in the U.S. for an average 30 years and are all leaders in their respective fields, shared their experiences of integrating into U.S. mainstream society as immigrants.
They also talked about promoting women's rights while managing their careers, their families and the responsibilities that come with raising children, in hopes of advising a new generation of women's rights advocates.
Choices such as not marrying and not having children should not be stigmatized, they said.
On Gender Equality
A peripheral panel discussion on gender equality was also held by Shih Chien University's Department of Social Work professor Yen Hsiang-luan at the Church Center for the United Nations.
The event covered gender equality topics and experiences from various countries.
Commission on the Status of Women Former Vice Chair and lawyer Denise Scotto hosted the event, whose attendees included U.S. judges and civic leaders.
Yen introduced a women and children's rights initiative, which launched in 2013, while Zonta International President Maria Jose Landeira Oestergaard talked about a school in Vietnam, where boys and girls address gender equality and health and sex-education issues together.
Two female judges shared their experiences working in a male-dominated field. Sung Kun-ying, a young Taiwanese women living in the U.S. and working as a public health expert, provided insights on developing a model for diverse, health education curricula.
[The China Post, 2016-03-20]
Taiwan's youngest delegation to the 60th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60), called #TWeetHer, traded insights with overseas Taiwanese women living in the U.S. about women's rights on March 18 in New York.
At least 20 groups representing Taiwan attended CSW60 — including frequent attendees the Modern Women's Foundation, the Garden of Hope Foundation, the Foundation of Women's Rights Promotion and Development, and the Mental Health Association Taiwan.
The CSW60 also marked a gathering of women from all age groups, as the average age for #TWeetHer is less than 30.
"Talent gap," is what National Taiwan University Professor Chang Chueh said was one of the most urgent obstacles that Taiwanese women's groups must address.
Women's Foundation for World Peace President Lily Lin added that by exchanging experiences and expanding their international vision, participants were able to further the development of the women's rights movement In Taiwan.
Overseas Community Affairs Council member Jennifer Tung invited distinguished female leaders living in the U.S. to engage in discussion with #TWeetHer.
Attendees included former Overseas Community Affairs Council member Jennifer Lin, Queens Botanical Garden Board nomination workforce commissioner Huang Pai-ling and others.
The group #TWeetHer was originally formed by five National Tsing Hua University students and graduates in June 2015. Their main message was to communicate how young female leaders provide a basis for ensuring sustainable development for women-related issues.
Representing the new generation of women born after the 90s, the group hoped that women could partake in improving momentum for Taiwan's development.
The group of overseas Taiwanese women, who have lived in the U.S. for an average 30 years and are all leaders in their respective fields, shared their experiences of integrating into U.S. mainstream society as immigrants.
They also talked about promoting women's rights while managing their careers, their families and the responsibilities that come with raising children, in hopes of advising a new generation of women's rights advocates.
Choices such as not marrying and not having children should not be stigmatized, they said.
On Gender Equality
A peripheral panel discussion on gender equality was also held by Shih Chien University's Department of Social Work professor Yen Hsiang-luan at the Church Center for the United Nations.
The event covered gender equality topics and experiences from various countries.
Commission on the Status of Women Former Vice Chair and lawyer Denise Scotto hosted the event, whose attendees included U.S. judges and civic leaders.
Yen introduced a women and children's rights initiative, which launched in 2013, while Zonta International President Maria Jose Landeira Oestergaard talked about a school in Vietnam, where boys and girls address gender equality and health and sex-education issues together.
Two female judges shared their experiences working in a male-dominated field. Sung Kun-ying, a young Taiwanese women living in the U.S. and working as a public health expert, provided insights on developing a model for diverse, health education curricula.
[The China Post, 2016-03-20]
