The Cabinet says that it will revise all rules and regulations that discriminate against women. The announcement on Saturday was a reference to Taiwan’s enforcement of the United Nation’s Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
Although Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations because of opposition from China, it has signed the CEDAW and many other UN conventions into law.
In a press release, the Cabinet said it had reviewed more than 30,000 rules and regulations, and 228 were found to be in violation of the convention. The violations are grouped into several categories, including gender stereotyping, restrictions on women’s right to work, restrictions on women’s property rights, differences in compensation, and infringement on women’s physical autonomy.
The Cabinet said as of the end of November last year, 161 rules and regulations have been amended. It also said it would step up its pace in revising the rest of the regulations found to be in violation of CEDAW.