GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES INITIATIVE TO SHARE WOMENS' BURDEN|總統婦女節宣示 提升女性經濟自主權

Yesterday was International Women's' Day. President Tsai Ing-wen announced the government would start an initiative to share the burden of women's domestic duties so that women can better focus on their careers just like men do, and thereby achieve economic autonomy. As a symbol of contemporary women and the announcement of a new economic era for women, and to address the problem that women over 30 are leaving the workforce more rapidly than ever before, President Tsai Ing-wen announced on International Women's Day, that more support was to be given to women as the government would share the burden of caring for the family, hoping to raise female economic autonomy. ==TSAI YING-WEN R.O.C. President== We will continue the eradication of barriers for women and support them in the workplace. At the same time, families do need to be taken care of, so the government will help integrate resources to share that burden and allow both men and women to concentrate on their careers while having nothing to worry about. To celebrate the day, 14 groups were invited to an exhibition. At the venue, President Tsai tried on virtual reality glasses and played with an animated cat. ==TSAI YING-WEN R.O.C. President== This is truly fun! ==TSAI YING-WEN R.O.C. President== Giving women economic autonomy is the first and most critical step towards gender equality. When roadblocks to entrepreneurship and employment are eliminated, women are no less capable of making contributions to society and will certainly exceed traditional expectations. Tsai emphasized that women leave the workplace due to pressure to care for their families and the government would assist women in their second career phase to start new businesses and increase female participation in the labor force. TRANSLATED BY：JEFF CHANG 國內女性勞動參與，今天是國際婦女節，總統蔡英文宣示，政府將帶頭分擔家庭的照顧壓力，讓女性可以無後顧之憂在職場上打拼，提升經濟自主權。 翻起象徵女子時代的牌子，宣告女性創新經濟時代的來臨，針對國內30歲以上女性勞動參與率急速下降，總統蔡英文在婦女節這天，宣示要給予女性足夠的支持，政府將帶頭分擔家庭的照顧壓力，提升女性經濟自主權。 ==總統 蔡英文== 排除就業障礙 支持婦女投入職場 是我們重要的施政主軸 家庭需要有人來照顧 所以政府會積極的整合支援 分擔個別家庭照顧的壓力 盡可能的讓夫妻雙方 都可以無後顧之憂 全力在職場上打拚 為了慶祝婦女節，14個團體受邀參展，蔡英文在現場也戴起VR虛擬實境眼鏡，會場瞬間變成住家客廳，還有兩隻可愛的貓咪，蔡英文拿著感應棒，不停逗弄貓咪。 ==會場解說人員 vs 總統 蔡英文== 這真的很好玩耶 ==總統 蔡英文== 爭取女性的經濟自主權 是邁向性別平等的第一步 也是最關鍵的一步 只要我們把就業跟創業的路打通 把性別的刻板印象打破 女性是可以做出貢獻 一定可以超乎傳統的想像 蔡英文強調，婦女因為家庭被迫離開職場，政府也會協助婦女二度就業，開創新事業，增加女性的勞參率。 記者 林欣儀 陳保羅 台北報導