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Created: Jun 18, 2008
Updated: Nov 19, 2009
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The Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation (TWRF) was formally registered in September, 1987 to provide legal consultation and counseling to girls and women in the sex trade, and to help them return to their families and society.
The foundation has been a pioneer in the effort to eliminate trafficking of women in Taiwan … and was established with a mission to eradicate child prostitution – which as recently as 1987 was a seriously problem – notably with economically disadvantaged parents selling their daughters into prostitution.
The foundation has been a standard bearer for the plight of aging women who served as sex slaves (“comfort women”) to Japanese soldiers during World War II. Since 1992, we have provided legal counsel and psychological support for these victims who seek to salvage their dignity. We have championed their cause by petitioning governments and courts both in Taiwan and in Japan.
More recently, the plight of female victims of domestic violence has gained much-needed attention, and the TWRF’s resources have been extended to battered wives. To victims of domestic violence, we provide legal assistance, counseling, court accompaniment and shelter.
Teen prostitution in Taiwan has for the most part given way to smuggling of women from across the Taiwan Strait in China to serve as sex workers. Thus, the foundation’s focus has to a certain extent shifted to providing help to these victims … and coordinating with police and prosecutors to find solutions to the current problem.
TWRF has diversified its mission over its short existence to address the rapid changes that have occurred in Taiwanese society. The foundation’s core values, however, have not changed; where there are women in trouble, the TWRF seeks to provide assistance on a personal level, and to spur on reform on a societal level.
The foundation has been a pioneer in the effort to eliminate trafficking of women in Taiwan … and was established with a mission to eradicate child prostitution – which as recently as 1987 was a seriously problem – notably with economically disadvantaged parents selling their daughters into prostitution.
The foundation has been a standard bearer for the plight of aging women who served as sex slaves (“comfort women”) to Japanese soldiers during World War II. Since 1992, we have provided legal counsel and psychological support for these victims who seek to salvage their dignity. We have championed their cause by petitioning governments and courts both in Taiwan and in Japan.
More recently, the plight of female victims of domestic violence has gained much-needed attention, and the TWRF’s resources have been extended to battered wives. To victims of domestic violence, we provide legal assistance, counseling, court accompaniment and shelter.
Teen prostitution in Taiwan has for the most part given way to smuggling of women from across the Taiwan Strait in China to serve as sex workers. Thus, the foundation’s focus has to a certain extent shifted to providing help to these victims … and coordinating with police and prosecutors to find solutions to the current problem.
TWRF has diversified its mission over its short existence to address the rapid changes that have occurred in Taiwanese society. The foundation’s core values, however, have not changed; where there are women in trouble, the TWRF seeks to provide assistance on a personal level, and to spur on reform on a societal level.