children in Taiwan has not been adequate for a long time, and the
declining birthrate has become another serious issue. Various sectors of
society have repeatedly criticized the fragmentation of the management
of children's affairs after government restructuring, and have advocated
for a dedicated agency for children with the authority and responsibility
to speak up for a population who cannot vote.
35. Recommendation: The Government should reassess this possibility
carefully.
Data Collection
36. The Government does not have sufficient statistics on important
children's rights issues (§23 of the Second Report and §20 of the
Concluding Observations on the Initial Report). Examples include: the
number of children under the age of 15 who are working;24 research on
the prevalence of cyberbullying and the correlation between
cyberbullying and child suicide rates; statistics on the participation of
students with disabilities in school clubs;25 the percentage of students
with disabilities aged 15 to 18 in vocational education by gender and
disability; 26 and the lack of statistical data on children of different
ethnic groups or identities in the MOE's Campus Life Questionnaire.27
The Government has not released or consolidated information on: child
death and mortality; 28 digital violence against child, online sexual
exploitation, and online grooming; child accident injury monitoring
data;29 and teenage pregnancies and the treatment plans for newborns
(including care by family, adoption, termination of pregnancy, foster
care, residential placement, etc.).30 In addition, the CIP has not been
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See §§122-123 for details.
In order to protect the rights of students with disabilities to social participation and recreation, the
Government should review whether sufficient and friendly supportive resources are currently
available on campuses, and emphasize the accessibility of students with disabilities to participate in
school clubs. However, the MOE replied to the written inquiry that no relevant statistics are available.
Attachment 7-12 of the Second Report contains statistics on the number of people only. The MOE
replied to the written inquiry that no relevant statistics are available.
No statistics are collected on children of different ethnic groups or identities, such as sexual minorities,
children with disabilities, indigenous people, and new immigrants, and whether they have been
subjected to maltreatment or discrimination in school.
Please see Attachments 3-1 to 3-5 of the Second Report for details; no cross analysis was performed
by identity.
See §§52, 53 for details.
In the Second Report, only Attachment 8-6 contains statistics on "the number of pregnant students
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