Independent Opinion of CEDAW (2) The government should protect women with disabilities from discrimination and promote their vocational and professional development through access to higher education and vocational training on an equal basis.45
Recommendation 21 The government should expeditiously amend the Genetic Health Act. Before amendments are completed, the government should provide adequate information on birth and family planning to people with disabilities, respect the decision of women with disabilities to have children or not, and provide support.
Indigenous Women 30. Due to geographic conditions and uneven distribution of resources, the installation standards for childcare services set by competent authority regulations are a relatively high threshold for indigenous communities. This and other reasons has a negative impact on service capacity in the communities and makes it difficult to address indigenous women’s need for childcare.46 45 NHRC, §28 of Opinions on the Second National Report of the Republic of China (Taiwan) on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, August 2021. The rate of female students with disabilities dropping out of high school and vocational high school is higher than that of female students without disabilities and male students with disabilities; while the rate of female students with disabilities attending colleges and universities is lower than that of female students without disabilities and male students with disabilities.

46 According to December 2021 statistics from the Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP), there were 5,921 indigenous children under two years old and 16,559 indigenous children aged two to six years old living in indigenous areas. According to information from the MOHW, the MOE, ¯34¯