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
UNI Airways
627
123
19.62%
7
5.69%
116
94.31%
Total
27,776
8,911
32.08%
705
7.91%
8,206
92.09%
[Data sources] Provided by the Civil Aviation Administration and taken from the meeting
minutes of the Female Cabin crew Dress Code/CEDAW Enforcement Advisory Meeting on
January 4, 2024
[Table 2] Number of pursers by gender across six Taiwanese airlines
Number (%) of male Number (%) of female
Airline
Number of pursers
pursers
pursers
China Airlines 335**
99 (30%)
236 (70%)
Not provided
0%+
100%+
Starlux Airlines Not provided
Mandarin
26**
Airlines
Tigerair Taiwan 65*
23%+
77%+
6 (42%)
20 (58%)
17 (26%)
48 (74%)
EVA Airways
UNI Airways
Not provided
+
21%
79%+
[Data sources]
+
January figures: Provided by the Civil Aviation Administration and taken from the meeting
minutes of the Female Cabin crew Dress Code/CEDAW Enforcement Advisory Meeting on
January 4, 2024
* May figures: Based on the Commission’s interview records with six airline companies dated
May 16, 2024
** June figures: Based on transcripts of telephone calls made on June 20, 2024
5.
Before and after the filing of the complaint
1)
Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union describes events leading
up to the complaint
Before the TFAU filed the complaint with the Commission on August
1, 2023, thirteen cabin crew who are members of the TFAU had filed a
complaint with the Taoyuan City Government in April 2023 against EVA
Airways Corporation for violations of the Gender Equality in Employment
Act. The complainant alleged that the company dress code (specifically,
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