administrative guidance and corresponding measures in such areas as promoting the law, training in legal compliance, and holding study sessions. c) The Ministry of Transportation and Communications30 The Ministry of Transportation and Communications explained that on January 4, 2024, the Civil Aviation Administration convened a meeting with domestic and international airlines to discuss future optimization. The airlines acknowledge that they have not fully incorporated the concept of gender equality and emphasized that the current uniforms were designed in compliance with existing procedures at the time and were without discriminatory intent. According to most airline companies, uniform design and production involve significant costs, and new uniform designs are typically used for 10+ years. The airlines made a clear commitment that they will address these issues in their next uniform meetings, and they will include their employees in discussions about uniform revisions, according to the meeting minutes. In their Gender Equality Promotional Plans, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications and the Civil Aviation Administration have included the option of trousers in addition to skirts as a criterion for future cabin crew uniform evaluations.31 On April 7, 2022, the Civil Aviation Administration requested domestic and international airlines to help promote the elimination of gender stereotyping in the pilot and cabin crew professions, and encouraged the retention of women of marriage and childbearing age in the workforce as well as the hiring of middle-aged and older women (ages 45-64). 32 30 The Commission’s meeting minutes with the advisory body on May 30, 2024. Page 48 of the Revised 2024 Gender Equality Promotional Plan of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (2022-2025). The Civil Aviation Administration plans to include “providing uniforms other than skirts for female cabin crew” as an item in their 2026 gender equality evaluation of airline operators. In addition, the administration revised the contents of the Civil Aviation Administration’s assessment of gender equality promotion by national and civil air transport industry operators in 2024, and will hold a briefing on the new assessment in 2025. 32 Civil Aviation Administration, Ministry of Transportation and Communications 31 43