Research Center for Gender Equality, Mutual Love, & Peace,
National Chung Cheng University
Origin of the Research Center
About Us
Purpose and specific objectives
The Center for Gender Equality, Love and Peace Studies (hereinafter referred to as the Center) aims to promote gender equality, love, communication and peace both domestically and internationally, and its development goals are centered on interdisciplinary research into the causes of gender equality, advocacy, teaching, research and service.
Basis and necessity for establishment
This center was established in accordance with the Research Center Establishment Regulations of the College of Education, National Chung Cheng University, to facilitate integrated research and action across departments and fields.
The specific promotion work of this center
To promote research on the causes of cross-sectoral gender inequality, its successes and failures, and to advocate for improvement actions.
To promote cross-disciplinary research on the causes of human lack of love, successful and failed cases, and to advocate for improvement actions.
To promote cross-disciplinary research on the causes of human unrest, case studies of successes and failures, and to advocate for improvement actions.
Promote research on the causes and success/failure cases of interdisciplinary human communication gaps, and advocate for improvement actions.
Promote exemplary figures, ideas, and regions that advocate for gender equality, mutual love, and peace, and encourage the public to change their mindset towards gender equality and mutual love, maintain communication skills, and maintain internal and external peace.
Promote the assessment of four human capabilities: gender equality, mutual love, communication, and maintaining internal and external peace, and advocate for the improvement of all four capabilities.
The organization, operation and management of this center
The center shall have one director to oversee its operations. The director shall be appointed by the dean and shall be a full-time professor or researcher in a relevant field at the university. An executive director shall also be appointed to assist the director in promoting and executing the center's general operations. The executive director shall nominate the executive director to be appointed by the dean; the same applies if the executive director is not concurrently appointed.
The center has established an advisory committee, chaired by a director and consisting of seven to nine members, including outstanding individuals from domestic and international practice and academia, to assist the center in formulating its research and development strategies. The committee holds at least two meetings annually.
The center's near-term, medium-term, and long-term planning
(a) Recent plans
We will handle the academic exchange program for Indian scholars to come to Taiwan, which was approved by the Ministry of Education in 2024, as well as the program for Indian gender equality social workers, advocates, police officers, and practitioners to conduct on-site visits in Taiwan.
Continue to implement the Deep Cultivation Project 3-3-2: Workplace Health and Gender Equality. This includes historical facts and explanatory boards on anti-bullying, experiential education activities on anti-bullying such as orienteering frisbee and rowing, research on gender equality concepts among primary and secondary school students and sexual assault perpetrators, and legal comparisons and psychological improvement programs for workplace bullying.
(II) Medium-term planning
International academic exchange on gender equality.
Pilot improvement program for international gender equality.
Continue to implement the Deep Cultivation Project 3-3-2: Workplace Health and Gender Equality.
Promoting Taiwan as a Peace Education Island: Incentivizing the planning and promotion of peace education tours throughout Taiwan, enabling the public to learn the importance of respect, peace, and communication, as well as historical lessons during their leisure time.
(III) Long-term planning
Promoting Gender Equality Day Activities: In 2022, the Ministry of Education designated April 20th as Taiwan Gender Equality Day. This month, we advocate for feasible gender equality initiatives, such as holding quizzes and essay competitions with prizes every April, and promoting improvements on issues like mutual respect between men and women, daughters visiting their maternal grandparents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and daughters inheriting less property. We also refer to pilot improvement programs in other countries.
Promote Mutual Love Day: Launch Taiwan Mutual Love Day and introduce feasible mutual love programs, such as holding press conferences to advocate that mutual love ability be included in the moral education of students and the assessment of the ability of employees in public and private units, and to encourage other countries to pilot and implement it.
Expected specific performance
The discussion focused on how to further improve gender equality between Taiwan and India through academic exchanges involving Indian scholars visiting Taiwan.
The program aims to enhance India's knowledge and skills regarding gender equality by having Indian gender equality social workers, advocates, police officers, and practitioners conduct on-site visits in Taiwan.
Continue to implement the Deep Cultivation Project 3-3-2: Workplace Health and Gender Equality. In terms of history and social education, the project aims to promote Taiwan's history of preventing bullying through explanations, orienteering, team rowing, and frisbee throwing activities to enhance mutual care and communication skills.
Continue to implement the Deep Cultivation Project 3-3-2: Workplace Health and Gender Equality. From the perspectives of education, law, and psychology, enhance the ability of primary and secondary school students and workers to prevent bullying, and improve mutual care and communication skills.
Funding sources and usage plans
In addition to the funds covered by the school's budget, the center may apply for subsidies from relevant domestic and international organizations or accept commissions to obtain funding. The reimbursement of all funds shall be handled in accordance with the relevant regulations of the school.