SDG 5.6.1 Policy of non-discrimination against women
1. NCUE has established “National Changhua University of Education Gender Regulations of Gender Equity Education.” Article 5 clearly stipulates that the appointment, acceptance, and permission of enrollment for school personnel shall not differ based on gender or sexual orientation. For the contents of the regulations, please refer to the following: Annex 4.3.5A.
The parent law of this law is the Gender Equity Education Act of the Ministry of Education Article 13. For the English version of the website, please refer to the following:
https://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?PCode=H0080067.
Establishment of policy: 2004
Policy review: 2018
2. In accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of NCUE’s Regulations on the Implementation of Gender Equality Education, the Personnel Department holds new personnel training and on-the-job training courses for faculty and staff, in which content on gender equality education should be included. Every year, the faculty and staff are required to participate in training on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). NCUE’s faculty, staff, and students participated in a total of 82 sessions of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) online or physical training in 2022, an increase of 19 sessions (up 30.1%) compared with the 63 session in 2021. There were a total of 1,134 participants, an increase of 87 participants (8.3%) compared to the 1,047 participants in 2021, as shown in Figures 1-4.
Figure 1. The number of NCUE faculty, staff, and students participating in CEDAW - related training lectures in 2022 grew by 30.1% |
Figure 2. On April 13, 2022, NCUE invited Hsiao-Chin Hsieh, the Professor of the Center for General Education and Institute of Learning Science and Technology in Tsinghua College, National Tsinghua University, to share experiences in the online lecture: Gender Mainstreaming Education and Administration. President Ming-Fei Chen, Vice President Chien-Hui Lin, Chief Secretary Mei-Chun Wen, and the first and second-level managers in NCUE to jointly participate in the project, in order to promote gender mainstreaming, and plan actions such as legislation, policies and programs. Relevant actions in all areas and all work levels for men and women correspond to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). There were 143 faculty, staff, and students in NCUE who participated enthusiastically |
Figure 3. On December 6, 2022, in response to the International Day to End Violence Against Women, and the White Ribbon movement, NCUE provided short films including My AI Lover, Non-Existent Voice, and The Third Nipple War in cooperation with the Taiwan International Women's Film Festival, which invited Shu-Ching Chuang, director of the Taiwan Gender Equality Education Association, to hold a post-screening seminar |
Figure 4. NCUE has formulated a policy of non-discrimination against women. It has introduced and presented the works of female directors at home and abroad, so as to present to the audience the situation of women in various countries around the world, and eliminate all forms of discrimination against women, so as to create a friendly environment that respects gender diversity and individual differences. NCUE’s faculty, staff, and students participated enthusiastically, with a total of 149 participants |
Please refer to attachment Annex 5.6.1A for the school’s faculty and staff participation in gender equality study and training, in response to the school’s policy of non-discrimination against women.