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January-February News
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US State Department notes local efforts on human trafficking
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Interim report released
The US State Department Interim report on
human trafficking was released in January, and notes some improvements
for Taiwan. The reports includes the new ban on "international
marriage firms" in an effort to stop the trafficking of women through
fake marriages. It also notes that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has
more screening of women applying for a visa through marriage, and that
there has been a drop in the number of these kinds of visa.
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However, the report also notes that
authorities in Taiwan did not prosecute any offenses of trafficking for forced
labor or domestic servitude. Read the full report here:
http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/rpt/78948.htm
(please note that this link is
provided for general information only, and will transfer the reader to
an outside site. The GOH has no responsibility for any outside site.) ¡@
Impressed with services for single
mothers in London
Late last year, a GOH staff member had the
opportunity to accompany a fact-finding trip to London, to study the
services available to single mothers. She was very impressed with what
she saw. In particular, the services in London offered a "one-stop"
approach for women who needed assistance - from housing, to health, to
legal aid, to employment assistance. Here in Taiwan, the GOH service
centers try to follow this model, but we hope to learn from this
approach in London, and offer fully integrated services in the future. ¡@
Offices closed for Chinese New Year
Our offices will be closed for the Chinese New Year
holiday on Saturday, February 17 and will re-open on Monday, February
26. For emergency help in Taiwan, please call 113 - the government
hotline.
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