UN GOALS: The review covered how to teach the history of ‘comfort women’ and the rights of migrant domestic workers, and addressed the high teenage abortion rateBy Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff writer, with CNA
Taipei, June 15 (CNA) The Executive Yuan on Wednesday released a national report outlining the government's implementation of a United Nations convention on promoting women's rights, ahead of a review by a panel of international experts in November.
Taipei, Dec. 3 (CNA) The Taipei High Administrative Court has ordered a halt to the legal proceedings of a case in which a transgender woman has requested the gender on her ID card to be changed from male to female, and decided to apply for a constitutional interpretation on the issue.
The Taipei High Administrative Court on Thursday sought a constitutional interpretation regarding a lawsuit filed by a transgender woman seeking to change the gender identification on her ID card.
The court halted the suit filed by Taipei resident Wu Yu-hsun (吳宇萱), who was seeking an administrative ruling on her application to alter the gender on her ID card after it was denied by a city household registration office in November last year.
The court sought an interpretation of the Constitution on the issue, saying that the provisions regarding gender determination under the Household Registration Act (戶籍法) are not applicable, which contradicts the
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