NOT ENOUGH ROOM: The Legislative Yuan’s Budget Center criticized the defense ministry and said female soldiers have been performing just as well as male onesBy Wu Su-wei and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Ministry of National Defense’s failure to require female reservists to attend educational mobilization for military reserves “violates the principle of gender equality,” a report released yesterday by the Legislative Yuan’s Budget Center said.
The report, which focused on the government’s efforts to make better use of reserve forces over the past few years, cited the ministry as saying that although it only reached half of its annual target for the training of reserve forces this year, it had no more training capacity at present, and therefore had not called up female reservists.
The report criticized the decision to overlook female reservists,
Paris, July 25 (CNA) Taiwan's Legislative Speaker You Si-kun (游錫堃), who is currently leading a delegation visiting France, said Monday he was looking to strengthen ties between both countries, including more cooperation in the fields of culture and technology.