SDG 5.6.2 Non-discrimination policies for transgender
1. NCUE has established the National Changhua University of Education Gender Regulations of Gender Equity Education. Article 3 states as follows: The school respects the gender characteristics and sexual orientation of students, faculty, and staff, and does not give differential treatment in teaching, activities, evaluation, rewards and punishments, welfare, and services based on the gender or sexual orientation of students. Article 4 also stipulates that the school shall actively provide assistance to students who are disadvantaged owing to their gender or sexual orientation to improve their situation. For the contents of the regulations, please refer to Annex 4.3.5A.
The parent law of this law is the Gender Equity Education Act, Articles 13 and 14 of the Ministry of Education. For the English version of the website, please refer to
https://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?PCode=H0080067
Establishment of policy: 2004
Policy review: 2018
2. NCUE’s Gender Equality Education Committee organized transgender non-discrimination seminars and lectures in cooperation with the gender club: Gender Queer. A total of 18 lectures were held in 2022, which added 5 lectures (38.5%) compared to the 13 lectures in 2021. There were a total of 284 participants, which increased by 43 (17.8%) compared to the 241 in 2021, as shown in Figures 1-4.
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Figure 1. NCUE conducted transgender non-discrimination training and lectures in 2022, with an addition of lectures (up 38.5%) |
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Figure 2. In accordance with the Ministry of Education’s Principles for Gender-Friendly Dormitories for College Students, NCUE invited Ching-Li Yang, Dean of Student Affairs of National Sun Yat-sen University to share experiences in the lecture: “The promotion, current status, and future prospect of gender-friendly dormitories” on January 4, 2022 |
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Figure 3. The lecturers received the certificate of appreciation from Chuan-Fu Geng, Dean of Student Affairs of NCUE. With reference to the experience of other schools, we hope to adopt an appropriate dormitory construction and management models, and actively create a gender-friendly environment at the campus. There were 165 faculty, staff, and students in NCUE who participated enthusiastically |
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Figure 4. In cooperation with the gender club: Gender Queer, NCUE’s Gender Equality Education Committee organized clubs, courses, and gender diversity support groups in response to the Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20. We hope to provide warm support, give recognition, and companionship for students who are at a disadvantaged position due to unreasonable differential treatment in terms of gender, gender expression, gender identity, or sexual orientation |
3. In compliance with the 2022 Gender Equality Committee of the Executive Yuan and the letter issued by the Ministry of Education, and according to the Act for Implementation of Judicial Yuan Interpretation No. 748, we conducted a comprehensive inventory of NCUE’s forms, information systems, webpages involving spouses, parents, relationships, and titles. For the originally closed attributes that were separate, including “father” and “mother” or “husband” or “wife”, they shall be changed to open attributes: “legal agent”, “emergency contact”, and “spouse” for self-checking and filling out the form. A total of 7 forms have been amended, including the information systems and web pages, so as to protect the rights of same-sex spouses and same-sex families.
Please refer to Annex 5.6.2A. The school formulates and responds to policies of not discriminating against transgender people with specific actions.