SDG 5.3.4 Women’s application in underrepresented subjects
1. NCUE has established the National Changhua University of Education Guidance and Counseling Department Gender Research Award and Scholarship Method. This award goes to someone in this department who engages in research on related topics such as gender research, gay equality education, emotional education with gender equality awareness, or sex education. When this research is entrusted or subsidized by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Education or other government agencies, and the administrative fees have been included, and the case closure report has been paid, each case will receive a subsidy of NT$30,000. In addition, scholarships are set up for students with minority genders to apply, and scholarships for gender equality credit program are provided. The first place is awarded NT$10,000, the second place NT$8,000, and the third place NT$5,000. Please refer to the scholarship website:
http://gc.ncue.edu.tw/redirect_news.php?file_no=14&new_no=1615966579&file_num=1&action=view_file.
2. NCUE expressly stipulates in Article 3 of the “Promoting Gender Equality Education Reward Measures” to encourage the establishment of gender equality education courses. Those who promote gender equality education through the following methods in the previous two years to enhance the substantive equality of gender status, eliminate gender discrimination, safeguard human dignity, and cultivate and establish educational resources and environments for gender equality may be rewarded in accordance with these measures: Engage in or participate in the following activities related to gender education, gender research, gay education, emotional education, sex education, multiculturalism, and other related topics: (1)Projects – those who have received subsidies from the National Science Council or the Ministry of Education. (2)Research – Achievements published in TSSCI or SSCI or journals reviewed by peers and recognized by professional departments. (3)Teaching – Teaching appraisal has an average score of 4.25 or better. (4)Research and development of teaching materials – officially published. Please refer to the school’s incentives for promoting gender equality education:
https://genderweb.ncue.edu.tw/ezfiles/16/1016/img/1021/314513585.pdf.
The winner of the 2022 Gender Equality Education Award, Professor Yi-Han Wang (female) of the Department of Guidance and Counseling, was presented with the award by NCUE’s Gender Equality Education Committee, and was offered an opportunity to give a lecture as a way of praising her, as shown in Figure 1:
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Figure 1. Professor Yi-Han Wang (female) from the Department of Guidance and Counseling has won the NCUE Education Award for Gender Equality in 2022 |
3. In addition, we have incorporated school and local characteristics in developing innovative measures to promote gender equality policies and participation in community gender equality education. We assist neighbouring local governments or schools up to senior high school to promote gender equality. 8 people in NCUE are included in the Changhua County Government’s Gender Talent Pool, an addition of 1 participant (14.28%) compared to 2021. In 2022, the school’s Talent Pool personnel, the school’s Community Psychological Counseling and Potential Development Center, and the service clubs of the Rural Service Team and the Mountain Service Team, all assisted neighbouring local governments or schools up to senior high school to promote gender equality for a total of 57 sessions, an increase of 8 sessions (16.32%) from 49 in 2021. The total number of attendees was 3,781, indicating an increase of 257 (7.29%) from 3,524 in 2021, as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3.
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Figure 2. NCUE has been engaging in long-term collaboration with the local government or below senior high schools in Changhua County to promote gender equality education |
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Figure 3. NCUE provided support for nearby local governments, senior high schools, or below in 2022. The number of staff and sessions related to gender equality education increased by 16.32% |
4. In 2022, NCUE continued to join the partner schools in the “Gender Mainstreaming Resource Center for Universities/Colleges” project entrusted by the Ministry of Education to National Taiwan University. There were a total of 12 partner schools including National Taiwan University, Chung Shan Medical University, Kaohsiung Medical University, and Hsing Wu University. These institutions have worked together to promote gender mainstreaming in their respective schools. The project conducts gender statistics, gender analysis, gender budgeting, gender training, and gender mainstreaming processes to gather the experiences of partner schools to serve as a reference for the Ministry of Education to set up gender mainstreaming resource centers in universities/colleges in the future. NCUE’s Vice Presidents are also actively involved in the gender training program and are committed to working with authorities and other universities to promote gender mainstreaming and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
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Figure 4. NCUE has cooperated with 12 colleges and universities, including National Taiwan University, Chung Shan Medical University, Kaohsiung Medical University, and Hsing Wu University, and has become a partner school in promoting gender mainstreaming on campus |
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Figure 5. On May 12, 2022, National Taiwan University was commissioned by the Ministry of Education in organizing the project “Gender Mainstreaming Resource Centers in Universities/Colleges”, and NCUE was a partner school During the meeting, NCUE shared the experience in the gender mainstreaming pilot project |
5. In 2022, NCUE’s faculty members were involved in 8 gender equity-related projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology and entities other than the Ministry of Science and Technology. An increase of 2 projects (33.33%) compared with 2021. These projects included: 2022 Emotional Education and Self-Protection Topics for Young Women with Mild Intellectual Disabilities – Development of Digital and Autonomous Learning course lectured by Professor Chien-Hui Lin of the Department of Special Education, 2022 Development of Gender Equality Education Curriculum Teaching and Promotion of Strategy Research Plan – See, Learn, and Act on Gender Diversity Issues on Campus lectured by Professor Shu-Chu Chao from the NCUE Department of Guidance and Counseling, Consensus Workshop Commissioning Plan for Incorporating Gender Equality Education Curriculum in Teacher Training in Universities lectured by Professor Heng-Chang Chi of the Department of Geography Professor and Professor Shu-Chu Chao from Department of Guidance and Counseling, 2022 Sexual Harassment or Sexual Abuse Perpetrator Prevention Education and Training Course and Training Program for Prevention Education Professionals lectured by Professor Chin-Yen Chen of the Department of Guidance and Counseling and Assistant Professor Shu-Hua Lin, cooperating with other universities, government institutions, and academic institution to achieve comprehensive and cross-disciplinary research.
Please refer to Annex 5.3.4A, the cooperation between NCUE and other universities, community groups, and government or non-governmental organizations in regional or national campaigns.