3)
Consultation with experts, scholars, and NGOs
The NHRC consulted experts, scholars, and NGOs in the fields of
gender equity, labor rights, and civil aviation when defining the scope of
the investigation, developing interview questions, interpreting regulations
and case studies, and determining the validity of evidence.
4)
Advisory meeting with the competent authorities
The NHRC consulted with the Executive Yuan Gender Equality
Committee (GEC), Department of Human Rights and Transitional Justice
(DHRTJ), Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC),
Ministry of Labor (MOL), and Taoyuan City Government on the
interpretation and applicability of domestic regulations pertaining to the
enforcement of CEDAW and other human rights conventions. Except for
the DHRTJ, which provided a statement in writing, all government
agencies attended advisory meetings to provide their interpretations of
CEDAW and domestic labor laws and share their achievements in
safeguarding women’s rights and fostering gender equality.
4.
Gender distribution of cabin crew and pursers (in-flight
service managers) across six airlines in Taiwan
Based on data provided by the Civil Aviation Administration, MOTC,
the six Taiwanese airlines employ a total of 8,911 cabin crew [Table 1], of
whom 8,206 are women (92.09%) and 705 are men (7.91%). Between 58%
to 100% of pursers are women, while 0% to 42% are men [Table 2].
[Table 1] Employee composition overview across six Taiwanese airlines
Airline
Cabin
Total no. Number crew as a Number Percentage Number Percentage
of
of cabin percent of of
male of
male of female of female
employees crew
all
attendants attendants attendants attendants
employees
China Airlines
11,462
3,030
26.44%
341
11.25%
2,689
88.75%
EVA Airways
9,623
4,546
47.24%
130
2.86%
4,416
97.14%
Starlux Airlines
4,381
824
18.81%
167
20.27%
657
79.73%
Mandarin Airlines 887
131
14.77%
11
8.40%
120
91.60%
Tigerair Taiwan
257
32.29%
49
19.07%
208
80.93%
796
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