d. Conclusion
The dress codes for Taiwanese airlines impose higher risks on female
cabin crew than their male counterparts, failing to ensure safe and healthy
working conditions for the former. In this case, Taiwanese airlines have
different dress codes for male and female cabin crew. Unlike male cabin
crew, female cabin crew lack emergency response experience while
wearing skirts because they do not wear them during aviation safety
training. Their uniforms, shoes, and stockings also expose them to greater
risks of falling, sexual harassment, and being burned by fire, showing
insufficient protection; domestic studies also support these findings. The
airlines have failed to comply with the requirements of Article 11 of
CEDAW, Article 7 of the ICESCR, and Article 5 of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act, which mandate that the airlines use/take reasonable
and necessary preventive equipment and measures to protect their female
cabin crew. However, the airlines are more concerned about their costs and
attribute the aforementioned risks to inattentiveness on the part of their
female cabin crew, thus failing to assess the occupational safety and health
risks of cabin crew from a gender-neutral perspective.
2.
Analysis of the Government’s Fulfillment of Its CEDAW
State Obligation
1)
Has the government eliminated public and private direct or
indirect discrimination against women? Has it changed
gender stereotypes and prejudice? Has it prevented
discrimination or harm to women by third parties?
Poking Fun at Them,” China Times; C.L. Yu (November 26, 2019). “Passenger
Sued for Taking Illicit Photos of Legs of Female Cabin crew who sat opposite Him
and Posting the Photos on Facebook,” SETN.COM.
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