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Taiwan: Tsai First Woman to Set Sights on Presidency

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Tue, 2012-01-17 20:15

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In a traditionally male-dominated society, the 55-year-old leader of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has sought to turn her gender into an advantage in the campaign for this Saturday's election.

Tsai has promised to turn a new page with a fresh image for the DPP, shedding a history of scandal as it seeks to reach beyond its traditional blue-collar support base and embrace urban middle-class voters.

She is in a tight race with President Ma Ying-jeou who has presided over a warming of ties with China which observers say could be wound back if the independence-minded opposition is victorious.

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Read the complete story at MY Sinchew, published January 11, 2012.


TAIWAN: Presidential election

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Thu, 2012-01-12 12:30
2012-01-14
2012-01-14
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Description of government structure:

    * Chief of State: President MA Ying-jeou

    * Head of Government: Premier WU Den-yih

    * Assembly: Taiwan has a unicameral Legislative Yuan with 113 seats.

 

Description of electoral system:

    * The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 4-year term.

    * The Premier is appointed by the President.

    * In the Legislative Yuan, 73 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms, 34 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms and 6 members are elected by single non-transferable vote to serve 4-year terms.***

 

Main Candidates in the Presidential race:

  •     MA Ying-jeou, Chinese Nationalist Party / Kuomintang 中國國民黨 (KMT)
  •     TSAI Ing-wen, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) / 民主進步黨: Mínzhǔ jìnbù dǎng
  •     James SOONG Chu-yu, People First Party (PFP) / 親民黨

Taiwan: Gender not an issue in upcoming polls

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Tue, 2012-01-10 09:38

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Taiwan's 13 million voters will decide on a new leader this weekend. And, for the first time, a woman is vying for the presidential seat.

Womens' participation in Taiwan politics is not new, but this is the first time that a woman is vying for the top job.

But in this island of savvy voters, gender does not seem to be an issue.

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Read more in chanelnewsasia.com, published 10 Jan


Taiwan: Tsai Expands Lead Over Ma in Poll

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Thu, 2011-12-01 08:07

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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) increased her lead over President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) to 6.6 percentage points — gaining ground in central Taiwan and Hakka constituencies in particular — according to a survey by Taiwan Brain Trust (TBT).

The DPP candidate surpassed Ma in female voter support for the first time, the poll showed, with 37.6 percent of female respondents saying they would vote for Tsai against 36.3 percent for Ma.

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Read the whole story in the Taipei Times, published November 25, 2011.


Asia Pacific Feminist Forum

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Fri, 2011-10-28 07:55
2011-12-12
2011-12-14
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City & Province/State: 
Chiang Mai
Country: 
Thailand
Venue: 

Furama Hotel

54 Huay Keaw Road, Muang Chiang Mai 50300
Tel: (66) 5341 5222 Fax: (66) 5341 5200
 

Description: 

The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) will hold the first ever Asia Pacific Feminist Forum (APFF) on 12-14 December 2011 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This event will bring together 100-150 activists- women lawyers, academics, advocates and youth leaders. It will be an occasion to celebrate our collective achievements, reflect on our challenges and political climates, deepen feminist knowledge and analysis, strengthen our sisterhood, solidarity and collaboration, and reaffirm our resolve to advance women’s rights.

 

Workshops:

Workshops will be divided into four categories:

1. Knowledge building: to share new scholarship, analysis, and understandings in key areas of challenges confronting the women’s movement in the region

2. Skills building: to share successful strategies and skills in advocacy for reform

3. Movement building: to share successful efforts at building our movement across nations or regions. Discussions on what has worked for the movement.

4. Our well-being: Massage, dance, songwriting workshops, and other creative workshops for our well-being

Find more information at this link.


Call for Applications: Asia Pacific Feminist Forum

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Fri, 2011-10-28 07:35
2011-10-28
2011-11-04
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City & Province/State: 
Chiang Mai
Country: 
Thailand
Description: 

The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) will hold the first ever Asia Pacific Feminist Forum (APFF) on 12-14 December 2011 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The APFF will bring together women activists, lawyers, academics, advocates and youth leaders to celebrate our collective achievements, reflect on our challenges and shifting political environments, deepen feminist knowledge and analysis, strengthen our sisterhood, solidarity and collaboration and reaffirm our resolve to advance women’s rights.

For more information visit the APWLD website. 

Workshops will focus on:

1.  Knowledge building: to share new scholarship, analysis, and understandings in key areas of challenges confronting the women’s movement in the region.

2. Skills building: to develop strategies and practical skills that can aid women’s rights advocacy.

3. Movement building: to strengthen collaboration across nations or regions and build new movements that reflect current challenges.

4. Our Well-being: Massage, dance, song writing workshops, and other creative workshops for our well being.


China: Vows to guarantee women's participation in politics, stresses gender equality

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Mon, 2011-08-08 11:29

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An official document released on Monday said that local governments above the county level should employ more women in leadership positions to ensure that the country's women are properly represented in political affairs.

The Outline for the Development of Chinese Women (2011-2020) issued by the State Council, or China's cabinet, said that the central government will continue to boost women's participation in the management of state and social affairs, stressing that the number of female leaders should be gradually increased over the next decade.

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To read the complete news please visit Xinhuanet published on 8 August 2011.


China: Women gain influence in Taiwan and China

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Mon, 2011-05-02 01:02

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Ever greater numbers of Taiwanese and Chinese female politicians are making names for themselves in the political realm.

Democratic Progressive Party Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen's narrow win in the party's primary for nomination of a presidential candidate is a milestone for women in Taiwan's politic. It is also an indication that female national leaders are becoming acceptable to an increasing number of people in Asia.

 

According to a United Nations Development Programme survey, Taiwan ranks first in Asia and fourth in the world, next only to the Netherlands, Denmark and Switzerland, in terms of women's rights.

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For more information, please visit Want China Times.  


China: Women Still Face Barriers in Hong Kong

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Sun, 2011-02-27 11:32

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Thanks perhaps to Hong Kong’s special blend of decades of British colonial rule and ties to mainland China, where Communism formally embraced gender equality 60 years ago, women’s rights and gender equality are well enshrined in the legal system.

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To read the complete news, please visit: The New York Times


China: Women Struggle for a Foothold in Chinese Politics

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Thu, 2010-06-24 09:40

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The day she won election for village head of Gaojie, a hamlet of 1,217 in hilly loess country in northern Shaanxi Province, Bai Yitong was a fresh-faced 19-year-old with scraped-back hair and big, square-rimmed glasses. She is also part of a tiny minority of “just a few percent” of female village heads in China, according to Zou Xiaoqiao, a top official at the All-China Women’s Federation, the Communist Party-led women’s organization.

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To read the complete news story please visit the New York Times.