TAIWAN ISSUES in ACTION MINUTES by Louis
Saturday 11 August 2012
Time: 13:30-16:00
Venue: Christine Hsu's house, near Liuzhangli MRT station
Participants: Christine, Rosie, Hal, Joyce, Lynn (x2!), Catherine, Caroline,
Participants: Christine, Rosie, Hal, Joyce, Lynn (x2!), Catherine, Caroline,
Anne, Louis
Icebreaker: Led by Hal. Tell the group 3 things that are special about you.
Topic: Strengthening Employment and Entrepreneurship for Women in Taiwan
Guest Speaker: Bi-shia Sun, long-term (30 yrs +) Taiwanese govt Labor Dept staff
The situation which we are facing now is:
- Our women's labor force participation rate has risen since the 1980’s, but is still below other countries: the govt wants to improve it.
- The Roles of Women and Men in the family have changed.
- The women who quit Jobs at the marriageable age of 30 and want to return to work after their children grow up face difficulties finding suitable jobs.
Therefore, the Government is trying to help women find jobs or become an Entrepreneur through various strategies and programs. Detailed information is below.
Employment training programs http://www.evta.gov.tw/home/index.asp
Encourage entrepreneurship-business start-up Phoenix program
Discussion after Bi-shia's presentation
Most of us were pleasantly surprised at how well it seems the Government is dealing with this issue. We felt more people could be helped if they only knew about the programs. So, we started brainstorming how the Govt could let more citizens know about what it's doing:
--TV ads
--Facebook
Actions we can take to help:
--Pass along information to people we know who might be interested
Bi-shia gave us brochures. (Lynn to let Yvonne know; Anne to let a Taiwanese friend who makes jams and sauces know)
Other information
Announcements:
1. There's a Salvador Dali exhibit on at Chiang-Kai Shek Memorial Hall until sometime in Sept.
- There's an interesting-sounding FREE event on Fri 24 Aug 2012, 7-9pm, sponsored by Design for Change. A talk in English (with Chinese interpretation) by the Taiwanese architect who designed the Beitou library and a visiting British elementary school principal. They'll be talking about Education for Sustainability.
- Next session: Sat 25 Aug, at Christine's. Topic: Design for Change + TIiA (II): How to Keep TIiA Sustainable?
Donations collected: 1300 NT.
Expenses: 350NT (Taiwanese soy sauce bought by Rosie as gift for Bi-shia)
TiiA's balance now is 8290 NT.
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