The Initiative

As early as in the 1960s, many women’s groups in Taiwan had already been rather active in the world stage but each developed under own agendas without an integrated women’s organization that could represent the Republic of China. Seeing such situation, The president of YMCA of Taiwan Cecilia Y. Koo at that time united several women’s groups in Taiwan to establish the   National Council of Women of Taiwan, R. O. C. (NCW). At present, NCW has ten group members and eighty-nine individual members. Over the years, NCW had actively interacted with other international women’s groups and had sent R.O.C. delegation to attend many international conventions with great success.

In the first meeting of the fifth NCW General Assembly held in December 2004, Betty F.H. Chang was elected new President to follow the Honorary President Cecilia Y. Koo and to succeed the former President Nancy Z. Chiang. She will continue to lead women’s groups in Taiwan for the goals of raising awareness on important women’s issues, promoting women’s social status, improving the lives of disadvantaged women and children, enhancing civilian diplomacy, cultivating women’s leadership , etc.